Petitions to Refer Senate Bill 69 Validated by Secretary of State
Pierre, SD – Referendum petitions for Senate Bill 69, “An Act to revise certain provisions regarding elections and election petitions” have been validated and filed with the SD Secretary of State’s office. The referral process required that Senate Bill 69 needed 13,871 signatures in order to be referred to the vote of the citizens of South Dakota in the November 2016 general election.
According to state statute 2-1-16 the Secretary of State’s office is required to perform a 5% random sampling of the signatures submitted. The random sampling process was overseen and reviewed by Secretary of State staff to check the signatures for completeness and to ensure the signatures were registered voters in the county they stated on the petition. Following the sampling, it was determined that 14,179 signatures were valid.
Secretary of State Shantel Krebs stated, “The referral process demonstrates that citizens who are willing to participate and work hard can ensure their voices will have an opportunity to be heard at the ballot box.”
This referendum petition will be Referred Law 19.
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Do nothing will get over turned on this again.
I’ve got to admit that Shantel is really impressing me and many others with the way she is conducting herself as Sec of State.
Laugh when you see this bill pass again and the governor tries to veto it.He already looks bad as he plays to the hand of big business,and forgets the power of the people oh do nothing you,did it again.