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dflprincess
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Thu Mar-09-06 01:04 PM
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| 21. It might even be taken care of by the people of South Dakota |
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There was an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune last week (can't find the link, sorry) that reported that South Dakota has a law on the books that allows the people to petition to take any new law the governor has signed to a direct vote of the people. If I recall correctly, it takes a percentage (maybe 18%?) of the total vote in the last governor's race on petitions to have the issue placed on the ballot. This has been done successfully in the past. Per the article I read, prochoice groups in SD are working on this now and polls show a majority of the people in the state do not favor this law. It is not impossible that South Dakota voters will overturn this before it ever gets to the courts.
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