South Dakota’s Legacy of Citizen Ballot Questions Is Under Threat_ Law Review Authors Warn

South Dakota’s legacy of citizen ballot questions is under threat, law review authors warn

A new law review article argues that South Dakota Republican legislators have spent the past eight years systematically weakening the public’s ability to enact laws through ballot questions, a right enshrined in the state constitution since 1898. “Republican supermajorities in Pierre have repeatedly proposed and passed legislation making it harder for citizen ballot committees to do their work,” the authors wrote. The article, published in the S…

South Dakota’s legacy of citizen ballot questions is under threat, law review authors warn • South Dakota Searchlight

A Sioux Falls resident votes in the 2024 general election on Nov. 5 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight)A new law review article argues that South Dakota Republican legislators have spent the past eight years systematically weakening the public’s ability to enact laws through ballot questions, a right enshrined in the state constitution since 1898. “Republican supermajorities in Pierre have repeatedly proposed…

South Dakota’s legacy of citizen ballot questions is under threat_ law review authors warn

A new law review article argues that South Dakota Republican legislators have spent the past eight years systematically weakening the public’s ability to enact laws through ballot questions, a right enshrined in the state constitution since 1898. “Republican supermajorities in Pierre have repeatedly proposed and passed legislation making it harder for citizen ballot committees to do their work,” the authors wrote. The article, published in the S…

SD’s legacy of citizen ballot questions is under threat, law review authors warn

PIERRE — A new law review article argues that South Dakota Republican legislators have spent the past eight years systematically weakening the public’s ability to enact laws through ballot questions, a right enshrined in the state constitution since 1898.

Authors: SD’s Legacy Of Citizen Ballot Questions Is Under Threat

A new law review article argues that South Dakota Republican legislators have spent the past eight years systematically weakening the public’s ability to enact laws through ballot questions, a right enshrined in the state constitution since 1898.