Today is the deadline for Democratic and Republican candidates to submit their nominating petitions to run for Legislature and other offices. With seven hours to go until the 5 p.m. CDT deadline to hand petitions to Secretary of State Jason…
Posts tagged as “elections”
At our Saturday-night telephonic Madville Times editorial board meeting (how else would you run a blog?), Toby and I discussed House Bill 1219, a proposal to require towns and school districts to hold their elections in conjunction with the November…
The South Dakota Legislature continues to blur the lines defining who can vote where. Senate Bill 73, sponsored by Sen. Tim Begalka (R-4/Clear Lake), allows parents of open-enrolled students to vote in their chosen school's elections and to run for…
Madville Times Legislative Proposals: MTB 101: Hemp MTB 102: Legislature MTB 103: Taxes MTB 104: Education MTB 105: Unicameral/Redistricting Here's the second proposal I've worked up from your suggestions for bills for the 2014 Legislative session. With Governor Dennis Daugaard…
Bob Mercer noted earlier this week that the October 1 voter registration numbers from the Secretary of State's office show Independent registrations in South Dakota cracking 100,000 for the first time. Indies have increased their official numbers by 6.5% percent…
Sioux Falls City Clerk Lorie Hogstad has finished her standard petition review on Save Our Neighborhood's petition to refer to a public vote a key rezoning decision that allowed Walmart to move forward with a planned Supercenter at the corner…
How did you spend your day at work today? I had a few meetings, caught up on some e-mails, made plans for some projects for the rest of the year. Almost certainly, I had a better day at the office…
A historical update: earlier today I said that Jason Gant's one-and-done Secretary of State-ship was historically unusual. The last Secretary of State who served just four years was Republican Essie Wiedenman, from 1961 to 1965. (See the full list of…