The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota held a “Know Your Rights” seminar for voters last night in Sioux Falls. For all of us voters,…
Tag: voting rights
Early voting is open at courthouses across the state. For folks far from a courthouse, South Dakota also offers six satellite early voting centers with varying schedules. Here’s…
Wisconsin, Texas—now North Dakota loses a court battle over a restrictive voter ID law passed by Republicans to suppress minority voters. In 2013, North Dakota’s GOP legislative majority passed…
Voting rights just got two victories this week. Yesterday, a federal Judge Lynn Adelman ruled that Wisconsin must allow voters who don’t have photo IDs to sign…
In a ruling that could set an important precedent for cases involving residency and voting rights and South Dakota, a judge has declared that Rally campers at Buffalo…
Bernie Sanders gets a teeny-tiny youth-vote boost in Ohio today, thanks to a court ruling allowing 17-year-olds to vote. An Ohio judge ruled last Friday that young voters…
The Senate and House have two days to clear the decks of all of their own bills. The Senate has thirteen Senate bills on today’s calendar alone,…
Last night I noted that that the main idea of a Dakota Free Press readers’ bill on requiring 80% landowner consensus to invoke eminent domain has…
KOTA-TV reported earlier this month that the South Dakota Municipal League wants to join the lawsuit (case #46CIV15-000094) brought by the City of Sturgis and local…
Dakota Free Press Legislative Proposals DFP Bill 1: Restrict Eminent Domain DFP Bill 2: Clarify Voting Residence DFP Bill 3: Reform Sales Tax DFP Bill…