SD: Ballot circulators race for signatures ahead of looming deadline
The potential for a fall ballot in South Dakota with more than a dozen initiated measures for voters to weigh in on wont be a reality.
But even though questions about legislative term limits, lawmakers ability to override voter-approved ballot measures and a medical marijuana repeal effort wont make the cut, petition circulators still anticipate a crowded ballot.
According to the Secretary of States Office, two proposals one to allow lawmakers to create a Medicaid work requirement and another to make the state Constitution gender neutral have already been certified for the ballot by the state Legislature, and nine more remain eligible if their backers can get the necessary signatures ahead of the fast-approaching May 7 deadline.
And though thats not going to happen for all nine, an analysis by The Dakota Scout this month found that as many as seven proposals are still alive.
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