South Dakota Veterans for Veterans failed to gather enough signatures to refer House Bill 1179—South Dakota’s new, expanded definition of “veteran”—to a public vote. Unable to submit…
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Two for two! Secretary of State Shantel Krebs just told me that her team has certified the petition to refer Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage,…
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs received two referendum petitions this morning at the State Capitol. On behalf of thousands of South Dakotans, I submitted petitions to…
In a week consisting mostly of responding to remarkable political news with regurgitated press releases from its patrons instead of any original analysis, Dakota War College limps forward with a question about…
Referendum petitions are due Monday after next, June 29. We’ll be busy counting and organizing our petitions next weekend, so this weekend is the last big weekend for…
The Aberdeen American News places some lazy journalism on its front page, discussing the discriminatory youth minimum wage as if it were a done deal and ignoring the…
We’re entering the final thrilling weeks of our referendum push! I’m walking around Aberdeen (and friends and allies are working Rapid City, Sioux Falls, and elsewhere) with…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is promoting universal voter registration, a system used in many other democracies, to spotlight and challenge what she sees as a systematic effort…
The Pennington County Democrats are hosting a public information session on the referendum drives against Senate Bill 69 (the Incumbent Protection Plan) and Senate Bill 177…
The program for the public informational session on the petition drives to refer SB 69 and SB 177 just got more interesting: Joining the spectrum-spanning roster speaking…