I have been asked by more than one friend if we should refer House Bills 1177 and 1196 to a public vote. My tentative answer…
Tag: referendum
More blogging on the radio! KSOO’s Patrick Lalley chose not to sing and invited me on air to talk about Legislative antipathy toward ballot measures…
In more good news for ballot question fans, House Bill 1005 passed the Senate yesterday. HB 1005 passed in much better form than it appeared in…
However the Republicans’ three initiative-wrecking amendments fare in House State Affairs this morning, a bunch of democracy defenders will hold a press conference in Sioux…
Patrick Lalley keeps letting me come on his radio program. Today on KSOO, we talked about initiative, referendum, and our overreaching Legislature. Here’s today’s Patrick…
LRC finally posted the House State Affairs amendment to HB 1275, and I can report with some relief that, in addition to lowering the number…
Frerichs Says Respect the Voters, Leave Initiative and Referendum Alone! At the end of yesterday’s Aberdeen crackerbarrel, my neighbor and local orchestra teacher Joe Berns…
Let’s kill initiative and referendum altogether! must have been what Rep. Steven Haugaard and Senator Al Novstrup meant when they prime-sponsored House Bill 1275, a…
Unlike Speaker G. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls), who thinks the proper remedy to the scourge of big money in ballot measures is an unconstitutional ban…
The deluge cometh—Lee Strubinger reports the Legislative Research Council has 640 bill requests on its desks, compared to 350 bill requests during week #1 of…