Secretary of State Steve Barnett tells Bob Mercer that his office is ready to fight fake news: An area of emphasis for our office is…
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Secretary Barnett Kills HB 1187: Early Voting Doesn’t Deny Anyone Information
Published 2019-02-28
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
The smartest thing said in committee testimony to defeat a dumb bill yesterday came from Secretary of State Steve Barnett against House Bill 1178, South…
Secretary Barnett Forwards Noem/Sioux Falls/Trump Complaint to DCI
Published 2019-01-26
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Remember Sheryl Johnson’s formal complaint that Kristi Noem and the City of Sioux Falls violated campaign finance law in making taxpayers cover the cost of…
Barnett Losing Glow, Loosening Up in Secretary of State’s Office
Published 2019-01-25
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
The blush is off the rose in the Secretary of State’s office. As you’ll recall, the weekend he took office, Secretary of State Steve Barnett…
SOS Barnett Needs to Fix Petition Guidance: Circulator Residency Info Due After Circulating, Not Before
Published 2019-01-06
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
One thing our new Secretary of State Steve Barnett can get to work on on his first day in that lovely office is fixing the…
Mysterious Aura Emanating from New Secretary of State
Published 2019-01-06
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Constitutional officers swore their oaths yesterday, and state websites are already updated to reflect the new bosses, many the same as the old bosses. Steve…
National Pundit Not Seeing Sutton Coattails Yet in Secretary of State’s Race
Published 2018-10-15
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Governing calls our gubernatorial race “surprisingly competitive” (and no one appears to be more surprised than lazy Kristi Noem, who slacked off this summer in…
Trick or Treat—Republicans in the Graveyard?
Published 2018-10-06
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Ah, Halloween, when candidates join ghouls and goblins in the holiday faux-graveyards: I’ll say this for Steve: he got his font figured out. I seem…
Barnett Says Chief Election Officer’s First Priority Is Business, Not Elections
Published 2018-09-11
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
I listened to Republican candidate Steve Barnett talk on South Dakota Public Radio this noon about why he wants to switch from the auditor’s office…
Tapio Disses Daugaard, Michels, Thune as Clinton Turncoats at Brown County GOP Dinner
Published 2018-04-07
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
I was on the road navigating the icy mountain pass at Summit, so I missed the Brown County Republicans’ Lincoln Day Dinner. But my Republican…