Dear South Dakota Voters: Fuck Off

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Dear South Dakota Voters: Fuck Off

Post by kalm »

I'm actually not a huge fan of voter referendums as some stupid shit has been passed before in Washington State.

But this one... :rofl:

The Koch brothers and ALEC poured a ton of money into fighting it too, so you know the repeal must be legit....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washin ... ent=safari
What is a politically tricky endeavor for any lawmaking body could be even more precarious for the state's lawmakers, given that the commission they want to cut was approved by 51 percent of voters in a ballot initiative this November. The independent commission was part of a larger voter-approved ethics reform package that put limits on campaign finance and lobbying access.

State lawmakers met Monday to debate repeal of the entire law, and Republican leaders say the bill could be on the governor's desk by the end of the week. Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) has indicated he would sign a repeal. In his December budget address, he lambasted the ethics package, declaring that voters were “hoodwinked by scam artists who grossly misrepresented these proposed measures
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