Paying ballot-question petition circulators would be banned by bill advancing to SD House • South Dakota Searchlight Paying ballot-question petition circulators would be prohibited in South Dakota by a bill the House State Affairs Committee approved.

Paying ballot-question petition circulators would be prohibited in South Dakota by a bill the House State Affairs Committee approved and sent to the full House of Representatives. #BallotQuestions

Vote NO on proposals 2, 3, and 4 - a real estate developer's Trojan Horse.

Proposals 2-4 sound nice, but they're actually a massive giveaway to real estate developers - expediting our community's displacement.

Video: youth_against_displacement on IG

#nycvotes #ballotprops #ballotquestions

South Dakota’s legacy of citizen ballot questions is under threat, law review authors warn • South Dakota Searchlight A new law review article argues that South Dakota’s Republican legislative supermajority has systematically weakened the public’s ability to enact laws through ballot questions.

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 #BallotQuestions, a right enshrined in the state constitution since 1898. buff.ly/gu5BopC

When the public is asked to vote directly on statewide policies it is vitally important that our voters know which people and organizations are funding these policy proposals.

#BallotQuestions

(As an aside, I was surprised to see that the vast majority of Lancaster voters are not enrolled in a party - like me, keeping their options open to pick the best candidate for the job. This matters a lot in primaries.)
#democracy #candidates #ballotquestions #electionworkers #vote

Just say no to indiscriminate 'vote no' approach on ballot questions • South Dakota Searchlight Ballot questions deserve a citizen’s patient consideration, not a one-size-fits-all lesson in how to vote no.

"Ballot issues deserve a citizen’s patient consideration, not a one-size-fits-all lesson in how to vote no."

Commentary from Dana Hess on a new website that urges South Dakotans to vote no on four #BallotQuestions:

southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/09/jus…