The best thing I heard Rick Weiland say at yesterday’s Brown County Democratic Forum is that his ballot measure organization, TakeItBack.org, is ready to refer…
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Saturday brings two meetings for South Dakotans interested in people power. New Approach South Dakota and six other groups are hosting their meetings on their…
Want to know why 24 Republican legislators are dragging us to court over Initiated Measure 22, the Anti-Corruption Act that we approved at the polls last month?…
Journalist and political reform activist Hedrick Smith boosted South Dakota’s Initiated Measure 22 earlier this year. He returns with a blog post celebrating Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson’s…
It figures that I’d be on my way to Sioux Falls for the ACLU Cheers for Liberty event (today, 5 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 201…
Fellow Democrat and Madison Bulldog Debate alumnus Rick Weiland has been advocating independent redistricting, open nonpartisan primaries, and his Anti-Corruption Act as a “trifecta of reforms” since…
Rick Weiland’s TakeItBack.org serves up a video that starts like a promo for steak at Parker’s Bistro but turns out to be Weiland’s latest effort to promote Amendment T,…
Bloomberg BNA reports on more frequent instances of political donors backing both liberal and conservative super PACs. The article provides this table showing organizations that have given money to super…
Conservative opposition to two ballot measures is gearing up. The South Dakota Republican Party passed a resolution at its convention opposing Amendment V, the open non-partisan primary…
Odd couples get odder…. Amendment V, the open non-partisan primary proposal that we get to vote on in November, has already brought together 2014 Democratic U.S. Senate…