Knock five points off whatever lead you think G. Mark Mickelson has in the 2018 gubernatorial race. The Sioux Falls Representative and railroad consultant (remind me to bring that up next…
Tag: referendum
Dr. Reynold Nesiba takes to the Web-waves to present his résumé to the Democratic and Independent voters of District 15, who will decide in the…
Oglala Lakota tribal members were supposed to vote Tuesday on legalizing alcohol on the Pine Ridge Reservation. But on Monday, protestors convinced the Oglala Sioux Tribal council…
Has the Bosworth precedent kept a municipal referendum off the ballot in Watertown? Glacial Lakes Energy in Watertown wants to build a four-track rail loop that will allow…
The South Dakota Legislature is less fond of ochlocracy (like I said, Word of the Day! Scream real loud!) than our U.S. Senators. They didn’t do as…
In my speech to the Brown County Democratic Forum yesterday, I tried to estimate how much predatory lender Rod Aycox spent per signature to get his fake…
Rep. Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton) came through this week with his proposal to require geographical diversity in signatures on ballot measure petitions. House Bill 1241 adds this formula…
Senator Ried Holien (R-5/Watertown) is interested in reforming the petition process for ballot measures. Senate Bill 91 would add some information to the form that petition circulators are supposed…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs reminds campaigners of all stripes that their year-end campaign finance reports are due in her hands by Monday, February 1. Hop…
Last year Senator David Novstrup (R-3/Aberdeen) and the Republican majority in the Legislature made the error of undoing the will of the people expressed in Initiated…