South Dakota House Passes Bill Requiring Constitutional Amendment Initiatives to get Signatures in Each Legislative District

Posted on by February 14, 2025

On February 13, the South Dakota House passed HB 1169. It requires initiatives for constitutional amendments to get the signatures of 5% of the last gubernatorial vote in each legislative district. South Dakota has 35 legislative districts. Currently there is no distribution requirement for such petitions.

All six Democrats voted against the bill. Also three Republicans voted against it: Roger DeGroot, Mike Weisgram, and Mike Stevens.

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South Dakota House Passes Bill Requiring Constitutional Amendment Initiatives to get Signatures in Each Legislative District — 18 Comments

  3. another anti-democracy machination by ANTI-DEMOCRACY MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER HACKS

    1/2 VOTES X 1/2 RIGGED DISTS = 1/4 CONTROL —- IN ALL 99 HOUSES IN ALL 50 STATE LEGISLATURES

    MUCH MUCH MUCH WORSE PRIMARY / CAUCUS / CONVENTION MATH
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    PR
    APPV
    TOTSOP

  5. The initiative petition process is already difficult in South Dakota. Thry are trying to make it so difficult that nobody can get anything on the ballot.

  11. The legislators don’t like it when someone else does a better job than they did. It ticks them off each time the majority of the citizens vote something in (or out) that they cannot control. I say , “Hell no! Let the citizens have their say!”

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