#amendment v

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

A brief final look at the 6 failed ballot questions

Yesterday I posted  a look at the four ballot questions which the voters of South Dakota approved. In this post I will look at the six ballot questions that didn’t make it. Hopefully this will be the last time I have to blog about any of these (except maybe a clean attempt at the legislation which was destroyed and became RL 19). These numbers are based upon the unofficial results. Next week the…

The effective date of any passed ballot questions would likely be November 16

I just had a long conversation with a group of voters in Aberdeen and one person asked when ballot questions approved by the voters would become effective. The simple answer to her question was that Constitutional amendments, initiated measures, and referred laws receiving a majority of the vote will become effective the day after the official State Canvasing occurs. This year the State Canvas is…

District 27 and OST debates on Thurs Nov 3

Woksape Tipi Library. Photo by Ken Santema 5/16/14. I just received notification from the Woksape Tipi Library that there will be a candidate debate for SD Legislative District 27 candidates followed by a candidate debate for Oglala Sioux Tribe (OST) Presidential and VP candidates. This debate will be held at the Woksape Tipi Library on the Piya Wiconi Campus near Kyle. I covered a series of…

A look at Constitutional Amendment V, nonpartisan elections

Constitutional Amendment V is the last of the constitutional ballot questions in the 2016 South Dakota election to look at. Amendment V aims to get all voters to participate in the primary election process by removing party labels and having one large primary followed by a top two general election. This post will look at some of the basics of Amendment V. There may be more posts about Amendment…

Nonpartisan election petition becomes Constitutional Amendment V on the SD 2016 ballot

Earlier the South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs announced the nonpartisan election petition was officially validated and certified as Constitutional Amendment V: https://twitter.com/SOSKrebs/status/685535540586754048 The petition for the nonpartisan election was brought forth by Rick Weiland and Drey Samuelson as part of their TakeItBack.org project. The other petition they circulated…