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 won’t 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 won’t make the cut, petition circulators still anticipate a crowded ballot.
According to the Secretary of State’s 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 that’s 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.
https://www.thedakotascout.com/p/ballot-circulators-race-for-signatures
