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Posts tagged as “elections”

Breaking from SOS: Clayton Walker NOT on November U.S. Senate Ballot

An eager reader alerts me to the Secretary of State's announcement minutes ago that Clayton Walker will not be on the November ballot as an Independent candidate for U.S. Senate. Brookings resident Mary Perpich submitted a challenge to Walker's petitions…

Heidelberger Declares Candidacy, Now Immune from Prosecution

David Montgomery says I'm wrong about Attorney General Marty Jackley's announcement yesterday that he won't prosecute any Senate candidates until after the election. AG Jackley isn't doing political favors; Montgomery reports that the AG is simply following a common and…

Do We Need a Longer Petition Challenge Period?

Greg Belfrage's interview with Rep. Steve Hickey this morning invites a number of conversations. Rep. Hickey said that citizens face a terrible time crunch in trying to review nominating petitions. This year, with partisan petitions due by March 25 and…

South Dakota: Peninsula of Electoral Mediocrity

Northern Plains News spotlights a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts measuring the quality of election administration in each state. Their findings offer solid metrics showing that the quality of election administration in South Dakota declined significantly from 2008…