On May 8, Peter Waldron got the Christian Newswire to publish a press release in which he claimed, “A wealth of evidence, to include, sworn affidavits,…
Tag: voting rights
Finally, the Republican spin machine finds a hook it thinks it can use against the referral of Senate Bill 69. Naturally, the South Dakota Republican Party can’t…
Senate Bill 69, the South Dakota Legislature’s incumbent protection plan, has drawn fire from South Dakota activists. SB 69 stinks so bad that national groups are taking…
SDPB reports that U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier has ruled against a motion to dismiss the Indian voting rights lawsuit against Jackson County. American Indian plaintiffs brought this suit…
Brookings friends! Are you looking for a chance to sign the petitions to refer SB 69 and SB 177 to a public vote? Tuesday—tomorrow!—is your day! Circulators…
The press is just starting to get a grip on the more complicated of the two laws this blog is helping to refer to a public vote.…
Hey, I think Rick Knobe’s with us on referring both SB 177 (the youth minimum wage) and SB 69 (the mutated petition reform bill). Knobe recognizes that…
The Libertarian National Committee met in Phoenix this weekend to discuss their plans for 2016. LNC at-large representative Bill Redpath urged the committee to budget $20,000 to…
South Dakota’s Senate Bill 69, the petition reform bill, has gained unfavorable national attention. The Centrist Project, which promoted Independent U.S. Senate candidates Larry Pressler in South…
I’ve asked for just two vetoes from Governor Dennis Daugaard this session: first Senate Bill 177, the youth minimum wage; now Senate Bill 69, the main petition…