South Dakotans for Fair Taxes has 49 days to collect the 17,508 signatures it needs to refer Senate Bill 245, the statewide property tax/sales tax…
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Governor Larry Rhoden is trying all the lines Ian Fury can hand him to oppose the effort to refer and repeal Senate Bill 245, Rhoden’s…
Governor Larry Rhoden is already campaigning against the referendum of Senate Bill 245, one of two key pillars of his apparently unpopular compromise property-tax relief…
Secretary of State Monae Johnson is not good at reading election law. As I noted Wednesday, SOS Johnson is incorrectly telling people circulating referendum petitions…
Referring a law to a public vote is interesting, not only because it tests whether a bill the Legislature passed really reflects the will of…
Referendum! Three Groups Launch Petition Drive to Stop SB 245 Sales-Tax Hike for Property Tax Breaks
Some voters really aren’t keen on paying for property tax relief by raising sales tax. Some voters are so unkeen on that regressive move that…
Part of Republican lawyer Brian Murphy’s campaign to unseat Senator Jim Mehlhaff in District 24 is promising to protect citizens’ right to initiative and referendum.…
Predictably, do-nothing Representative Al Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) failed to push Senator Sue Peterson’s (R-13/Sioux Falls) Senate Bill 223 through the House Thursday. While I am pleased…
Republicans hate ballot measures. But last week 30 House Republicans contradicted themselves and voted for more local ballot measures. House Bill 1323 would give local…
Yesterday was a noteworthy day in initiative trivia (initiatrivia?) in that it was not noteworthy. Speaker Jon Hansen and his fellow South Dakota Republicans, who…