The support recreational marijuana got from South Dakota voters in 2020 went up in smoke this year. South Dakotans have rejected Initiated Measure 27, which…
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The SDGOP pats itself on the back for turning out 43% of its voters for Tuesday’s primary. Yeah, historically notable, but still a majority of…
Voters Reject Amendment C! Minority Rule Loses Even Among Schoenbeck and Hansen’s Fellow Republicans
In a stunning rebuke to Republican legislators, South Dakota voters yesterday resoundingly rejected Amendment C by a vote of 33% Yes to 67% No. With…
John Fiksdal, whose company Media One is part of the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce, is taking the Chamber’s call to Vote NO on Amendment…
Early voting started in South Dakota Friday. Every registered South Dakota voter can thus go to the courthouse and cast a ballot against Amendment C,…
Where’s the beef? Not near Worthing, at least not in the immediate future. According to unofficial results from yesterday’s Lincoln County referendum on a proposed…
Coronavirus did not depress voter turnout in South Dakota’s primary. We had a higher percentage of voters cast ballots in this year’s primary, a contest…
Voting by mail seems reasonably popular here in Brown County. Auditor Cathy McNickle tells the Aberdeen American News that the courthouse has already received ballots…
If you read the blog regularly, you’ll understand if I am keenly attentive to any measure that affects the ability of citizens to use petitions…
Are young Americans finally ready to fulfill our hopes for civic engagement and take elections seriously? A new report from the Tufts Institute for Democracy…