South Dakota Voters Sue Over Right-Wing Attack on Ballot Measures

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Lawmakers are 'trying to change the rules in the middle of the game by raising thresholds for changing policy at the ballot box, to give themselves the power to simply ignore the will of the people.'

is a"classic example of logrolling" that violates the state constitution and imperils direct democracy.

"Constitutional Amendment C," said Perryman,"is the latest example of the orchestrated and ongoing attack from bad actors across the country on our democratic institutions." According to the suit, Amendment C contains two different subjects—a"taxation supermajority requirement" and a"spending supermajority requirement"—and therefore undermines voters' constitutional right to consider each issue separately. Some voters, for example, may support a 60% win threshold for ballot measures to raise taxes, but oppose a 60% win threshold for ballot measures to appropriate money.

 

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