Eighth Circuit Hears Challenge to South Dakota’s February Petition Deadline for Initiative Petitions

On June 9, the Eighth Circuit heard Dakotans for Health v Johnson, 25-2940. The issue is the February petition deadline for inititive petitions. South Dakota has severe winter weather, and a winter deadline effectively means the initiative must gather its signatures in the year before the election. See this account of the oral argument. The lower court had struck down the deadline.


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