Thought you wouldn't have Larry Pressler to kick around any more? Think again. Yesterday, Pressler released remarks he prepared for a speech he's making today to the Farmers Union Foundation in Aberdeen. The former Senator continues to press his "Pressler…
Posts tagged as “voting”
In the South Dakota Republican Party, the Governor pretty much picks the party chair. We Democrats, having no Governor and (theoretically) much less fealty to tradition, hierarchy, and divine right of kings, hold an election. However, the South Dakota Democratic…
I've spent a good part of this week making lemonade from the lemons the midterms handed us. Have another glass: South Dakota voters turned out in paltry numbers Tuesday. That's a symptom of weakening democracy. But that low turnout offers…
Multiple readers have asked about voter turnout in the midterm election. South Dakota's unofficial turnout Tuesday was 54.17%, the lowest for any general election in the last 22 years. The average turnout for midterm elections since 1994, not counting this…
The push to get out the Indian vote continues: Rock the Lakota Vote comes to Sinte Gleska University in Mission next Saturday afternoon, November 1, Little Wound School in Kyle next Saturday evening, and United Tribes Technical College in Rapid…
Dustina Gill got beat in the District 1 House primary, but she's still working to get out the vote in the general election. She's joining Chase Iron Eyes, Gay Kingman, and Rep. Kevin Killer to mount a "Get Out the…
Burt Elliott is in trouble. The Brown County Democrat wants to return to the Legislature to serve District 3. Unfortunately, he lives in District 2. Elliott said at a Brown County forum on September 27 that while he has a…