The South Dakota Constitution Party is appealing its ballot access loss. See this story. For earlier coverage of the U.S. District Court’s adverse decision, see this earlier coverage.
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South Dakota Constitution Party Appeals Ballot Access Case — 5 Comments
If you know who your 315 members are how hard would it have been to get 250 members to sign a petition? I guess I’m missing something here.
If you know who your 315 members are how hard would it have been to get 250 members to sign a petition? I guess I’m missing something here.
= With a state like South Dakota, if they’re all spread out, then it would be quite hard.
#2- Balderdash! Mail them each a petition… how hard is that? Pay the postage both ways. That is still cheaper than going to court.
South Dakota petitions must be notarized.
And even aside from that, the law makes it impossible for the party to have a contest in its primary. South Dakota doesn’t permit write-ins. Why spend government money on a party primary when the primary is useless? The law prevents two people from filing and a one-candidate primary, with no write-in space, is meaningless.
RE: Mailing things to registered voters
In West Virginia, we get at least a 30% returned mail rate from mailing literature to addresses from voter registration lists that we purchase. A mailable postal address is not required for voter registration, only a physical address. Many people use PO boxes for mail, and these either aren’t on, or aren’t current on voter registration info.
Many addresses appear to be deliverable (house # and street), but if there is no mail receptacle, they are not.
This results in a big waste of money for the party after paying 1.5 cents for each name, envelope, first class stamp, and return address label. At least we get our materials back to send to someone else.
If you know who your 315 members are how hard would it have been to get 250 members to sign a petition? I guess I’m missing something here.
If you know who your 315 members are how hard would it have been to get 250 members to sign a petition? I guess I’m missing something here.
= With a state like South Dakota, if they’re all spread out, then it would be quite hard.
#2- Balderdash! Mail them each a petition… how hard is that? Pay the postage both ways. That is still cheaper than going to court.
South Dakota petitions must be notarized.
And even aside from that, the law makes it impossible for the party to have a contest in its primary. South Dakota doesn’t permit write-ins. Why spend government money on a party primary when the primary is useless? The law prevents two people from filing and a one-candidate primary, with no write-in space, is meaningless.
RE: Mailing things to registered voters
In West Virginia, we get at least a 30% returned mail rate from mailing literature to addresses from voter registration lists that we purchase. A mailable postal address is not required for voter registration, only a physical address. Many people use PO boxes for mail, and these either aren’t on, or aren’t current on voter registration info.
Many addresses appear to be deliverable (house # and street), but if there is no mail receptacle, they are not.
This results in a big waste of money for the party after paying 1.5 cents for each name, envelope, first class stamp, and return address label. At least we get our materials back to send to someone else.