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Heidelberger Right, SD Wrong: One-Year Deadline for Initiative Petitions Violates First Amendment

Published 2023-02-18 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

I was talking with an acquaintance with a fair political background but no knowledge of South Dakota politics or my own political activity. I mentioned…

HB 1193 Violates Single-Subject Rule, Shows Republican Font Hypocrisy

Published 2023-02-16 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Plus: Freedom Caucus Frets New Definition of Money Favoring Government Digital Currency! House Bill 1193 offers 109 sections that print to 117 pages of changes to…

HB 1200: Require Citizens to Collect 1,000 Signatures from Each Legislative District to Put Constitutional Amendments to Statewide Vote

Published 2023-02-12 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

The South Dakota Republican Party’ latest attack on direct democracy is House Bill 1200, which would impose a geographical quota on petition signatures to place…

SB 56: Maher Wants to Quash Any More Efforts to Move Dewey County Seat

Published 2023-01-12 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Last spring, Carl Petersen of Parade circulated a petition to move the Dewey County seat from Timber Lake (population 513) to Eagle Butte (population 1,260).…

SB 46: Make Violations of Petition Circulator’s Oath a Class 6 Felony

Published 2023-01-09 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

We have our first Legislative attempt to further hamstring initiative and referendum in the 2023 Session… and I can’t really oppose it. Senate Bill 46,…

Dakotans for Health Submits Revised Initiative Language to Repeal Food Tax; Vargo’s Error Delays Petitioning Four Months

Published 2022-11-29 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Alas, Attorney General Mark Vargo’s incorrect explanation of the proposed ballot initiative to repeal the state sales tax on food has delayed the petition drive…

Opponent Says Petitioners Lying about Abortion Rights Amendment, Gives No Examples

Published 2022-11-21 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Hey, petitioners for codifying Roe v. Wade! Dale Bartscher says you’re a bunch of liars: One anti-abortion group is already organizing against the petition drive.…

LRC Maintains Proposed Food-Tax Repeal Only Applies to State, Not Cities; Vargo Refuses Comment; Conflict Delays Petition

Published 2022-11-17 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

Attorney General Mark Vargo has sandbagged the Dakotans for Health initiative petition to repeal the state sales tax on food with his incorrect official assertion…

Initiatives, Referenda, Republicans, Independents Need More Signatures to Make Ballot; Democrats Need Fewer!

Published 2022-11-14 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

South Dakota’s voter turnout percentage for the 2022 election was down from 2018, but the number of people who voted was still up. 10,952 more…

SB 180 Still Unconstitutional, Still Dead—Eighth Circuit Agrees State Can’t Make Paid Petition Circulators Register Before Collecting Signatures

Published 2022-11-02 by Cory Allen Heidelberger

The state has suffered another loss in court over its effort to quash South Dakotans’ right to initiative and referendum. Yesterday the Eighth Circuit upheld…

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