Some of the down-ticket candidates are going up on the air, and one of which I was surprised to see was Secretary of State Candidate Tom Cool, who had an ad on during the commercial break on Good Morning America where he notes that he’s not an election denier:
(I am having a sense of deja vu… – pp)
ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES DRAFT EXPLANATION FOR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA CONSTITUTION
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Attorney General Mark Vargo has released an Attorney General’s ballot draft explanation for a draft Constitutional Amendment entitled: An Initiated Constitutional Amendment Prohibiting Taxes on Anything Sold for Eating or Drinking.
Review the draft explanation here on the Draft Ballot Explanations page on the Attorney General’s website.
State law requires the Attorney General to draft a title and explanation for each initiated measure, initiated constitutional amendment, constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature, or referred measure that may appear on an election ballot. See SDCL 12-13-9 & 12-13-25.1.
The Attorney General’s explanation is meant to be an “objective, clear, and simple summary” intended to “educate the voters of the purpose and effect of the proposed” measure, as well as identify the “legal consequences” of each measure. SDCL 12-13-9 & 12-13-25.1. Each explanation is limited to 200 words.
The public can comment on draft Attorney General explanations. Once the Attorney General has filed and posted the draft explanation, the public has 10 days to provide written comment. The Attorney General must review all accepted comments and may revise the draft explanation as deemed necessary. The final explanation from the Attorney General must be filed with the Secretary of State no later than 20 days after filing the draft explanation.
For more information regarding ballot measures, please visit the Secretary of State’s website.
State law may be reviewed by visiting the Legislative Research Council webpage.
To file written comments on a draft Attorney General’s explanation please use one of the following methods below. Copies of all received comments will be posted on this website. The deadline for comments on this amendment explanation is November 3, 2022, at the close of business in Pierre, South Dakota. The final explanation is due to the Secretary of State on November 14, 2022.
Comments may be submitted via mail, or through hand delivery, to the Attorney General’s Office at the following address:
Office of the Attorney General Ballot Comment
1302 E. Hwy. 14, Suite 1
Pierre, SD 57501
Comments that are hand delivered must be received by the close of business in Pierre, South Dakota, on the day the time to accept comments expires. Comments that are mailed must be received by the Attorney General’s Office before the deadline expires to accept comments. Comments may also be emailed to ATGballotcomments@state.sd.us. Emailed comments must be received by the Attorney General’s Office before the deadline expires to accept comments. Comments should be clearly expressed in the body of the email. The Attorney General’s Office will not open attachments in an effort to prevent malware or other digital threats. Please include your name and contact information when submitting your comment. The title of the comment must be included in the subject line of the email.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES DRAFT EXPLANATION FOR PROPOSED INITIATED MEASURE
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota Attorney General Mark Vargo has released an Attorney General’s ballot draft explanation for a draft Initiated Measure entitled: An Initiated Measure Prohibiting Taxes on Anything Sold for Eating or Drinking.
Review the draft explanation here on the Draft Ballot Explanations page on the Attorney General’s website.
State law requires the Attorney General to draft a title and explanation for each initiated measure, initiated constitutional amendment, constitutional amendment proposed by the Legislature, or referred measure that may appear on an election ballot. See SDCL 12-13-9 & 12-13-25.1.
The Attorney General’s explanation is meant to be an “objective, clear, and simple summary” intended to “educate the voters of the purpose and effect of the proposed” measure, as well as identify the “legal consequences” of each measure. SDCL 12-13-9 & 12-13-25.1. Each explanation is limited to 200 words.
The public can comment on draft Attorney General explanations. Once the Attorney General has filed and posted the draft explanation, the public has 10 days to provide written comment. The Attorney General must review all accepted comments and may revise the draft explanation as deemed necessary. The final explanation from the Attorney General must be filed with the Secretary of State no later than 20 days after filing the draft explanation.
For more information regarding ballot measures, please visit the Secretary of State’s website.
State law may be reviewed by visiting the Legislative Research Council webpage.
To file written comments on a draft Attorney General’s explanation please use one of the following methods below. Copies of all received comments will be posted on this website. The deadline for comments on this amendment explanation is November 3, 2022, at the close of business in Pierre, South Dakota. The final explanation is due to the Secretary of State on November 14, 2022.
Comments may be submitted via mail, or through hand delivery, to the Attorney General’s Office at the following address:
Office of the Attorney General Ballot Comment
1302 E. Hwy. 14, Suite 1
Pierre, SD 57501
Comments that are hand delivered must be received by the close of business in Pierre, South Dakota, on the day the time to accept comments expires. Comments that are mailed must be received by the Attorney General’s Office before the deadline expires to accept comments. Comments may also be emailed to ATGballotcomments@state.sd.us. Emailed comments must be received by the Attorney General’s Office before the deadline expires to accept comments. Comments should be clearly expressed in the body of the email. The Attorney General’s Office will not open attachments in an effort to prevent malware or other digital threats. Please include your name and contact information when submitting your comment. The title of the comment must be included in the subject line of the email.
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Monae Johnson for Secretary of State has filed her report, showing that while her fundraising is ahead of her opponent, with his 50k loan to himself, Johnson us is not that far ahead.
Monae Johnson Pre General by Pat Powers on Scribd
Johnson shows $61,282.49 raised against $54,832.26 spend, leaving her $6,854.00 to roll into the final 2 weeks.
With her natural, built in advantage as a Republican, Johnson should be able to cruise into the winner’s circle.. but she shouldn’t stop working, because being within $5k of her opponent, a last minute blitz could prove to be a headache.
PSDKs raises $427,186.03 to defeat IM 27
Protecting South Dakota Kids has raised $427,186.03 to help defeat IM 27, the recreational marijuana initiative. Our grass-root movement has more than 400 volunteers and donors statewide.
“We are republicans, libertarians, and democrats across the state who have come together on a united front to fight against the legalization of destructive drugs that destroy the lives of children and families in states that have legalized recreational marijuana,” said Jim Kinyon, PSDK Chairman. “South Dakota moms, dads, grandparents, great grandparents, law enforcement agencies, religious groups, business leaders, and medical professionals across the state have donated to prevent recreational marijuana from destroying their towns, communities, and way of life. We are humbled by the $5 donations and the $20,000 donations. In all cases, we pledged to spend each dollar wisely.
“While we have a key working group of coalition volunteers, we have so many residents across the state who have stepped up to host and speak at public events, bring cookies, gummie bears, lollipops, print flyers and posters, pay for yard signs and billboards, write OpEds and letters to the editors, engage their family, friends and neighbors in constructive and informative debate,” said Kinyon.
Here are just a few of the groups that are voting NO on IM 27:
The South Dakota State Medical Association, South Dakota Academy of Family Physicians, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce, South Dakota Police Chiefs Association and 63 of the 65 Sheriffs across our state.
Wow. Just wow. Governor Kristi Noem has put up some tremendous fundraising numbers in the final campaign finance report before the election, showing her complete domination of her opponent, who failed to muster half than his preceding democrat candidate by this time.
Kristi for Governor Pre-General by Pat Powers on Scribd
Governor Noem is a fundraising powerhouse, and after starting with $7,762,901.57 cash, she put another $3,118,900.79 on top of it. Against this, she spent $4,713,540.41, leaving her over $6 Million to spend in the push of the final two weeks of the election.
In comparison, this is double of what she had raised in the prior election, plus leaving her over 10x more cash going into the final two weeks than she had in 2018. Oh.. and this is just one committee. I’m not even digging into joint fundraising with the GOP and others.
The Governor has shown why she is at the top of the food chain in South Dakota politics. This shows a high degree of organization and a broad based campaign that made it happen.
Get ready for the last two weeks. Because Kristi has all the resources she needs to bring home a win.
Jamie Smith for Governor has filed his pre-general election report.
Jamie Smith Report by Pat Powers on Scribd
As noted by the Governor, he’s missing some addresses from the report.
He’s raised a reasonable amount for a Democrat. But, I don’t think he’s sufficiently moved non-democrats. ‘
By this time in 2018, Billie Sutton had raised $1,390,717, plus another $878k he had raised previously. Compare that to Smith who has only managed less than half of Sutton against a Governor who is not new, but 1 term in.
I don’t think Smith has any chance of catching the wind at this point.
Kristi for Governor Calls for Immediate Investigation into Jamie Smith’s Campaign Finance Violations
PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA – Today, at the campaign finance deadline, Jamie Smith’s gubernatorial campaign violated campaign finance disclosure laws. The “Smith for Governor” campaign failed to follow of SDCL 12-27-24.
“Jamie Smith committed 33 pages of campaign finance violations today,” said Ian Fury, Communications Director at Kristi for Governor. “There is not a single itemized contribution in his filing that complies with the most basic requirements of the law. How can we trust him to follow the laws of our state and faithfully execute the duties of Governor? We are calling for an immediate investigation into these violations.”
Smith violated SDCL 12-27-24 (12) by failing to include the “mailing address, city, and state of each person making a contribution of more than one hundred dollars.” Smith’s campaign did not provide the address of a single such contributor. In doing so, Smith made at least 1,500 itemized violations.
If the information required by statute is not provided, the donations cannot be deposited. SDCL 12-27-24(12) says “If any information required by the section is unknown to the political committee, the political committee may not deposit the contribution.”
“It seems that Jamie Smith’s campaign illegally deposited more than half-a-million dollars in contributions,” continued Fury.
Kristi for Governor outraised Jamie Smith’s campaign by a margin of three to one.
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What does a candidate who sees the handwriting on the wall of an impending loss spend his weekend doing? Instead of going out and earning votes, Brian Bengs, gets on twitter and poses a question whether Senator Thune changes his own oil and cleans his gutters..
Er.. yeah. I’m sure John has done those things, as well as many more. But considering the fact that 2 1/2 weeks before an election where Bengs is way down in the polls and has no cash left, and should be out knocking on doors and campaigning, instead he decides to do household chores, and make it a weird tweet.
When I said last week “we can call this race over and done with..” apparently Bengs has taken it to heart.
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