Democrat defector Peri Pourier, who is now in the House Republican Caucus, and who has also thrown her hat into the race for Public Utilities Commission may have hit a bump in the road for her ambitions for 2026.
The rumor mill is on fire today with word that Pourier had sent in petitions to the Secretary of State’s office to run. Except there was allegedly a problem. The registered mail date was at the last possible day to send them in. But the time stamp was for 5:08 PM.
Which if you look at the law, that’s a no-no.
12-6-4. Petition required to place candidate’s name on primary ballot–Time and place of filing.
Except as provided by § 12-5-4 and as may be otherwise provided in chapter 12-9, no candidate for any office to be filled, or nomination to be made, at either or both the primary or general election, other than a presidential election, may have that person’s name printed upon the official primary election ballot of that person’s party, unless a petition has been filed on that person’s behalf after December thirty-first and by the last Tuesday of March at five p.m. local time before the date of the primary election. If the petition is mailed by registered mail by the last Tuesday of March at five p.m. local time before the primary election, the petition shall be considered timely submitted.
Uh oh. There is not a lot of wiggle room there. If true, and they were sent at 5:08, missing the 5pm deadline, Pourier may have to run as an independent, if not just skipping it entirely for her PUC ambtions.
There was also talk that Liz May had her petitions sent in the same batch, but I do see that Hillary Clinton’s favorite donor from Kyle, SD, had her petitions posted this AM.
Stay tuned.
Can the Republican precinct people put her on the ballot for the fall? Just curious.
No
She could run independent that deadline is later this month but she’d have to hurry and maybe this time drive the petition to Pierre if you want the job
You really think the GOP would let her run as an IND?
I’m all for y’all putting Representative Pourier on the ballot for 27 House as a Republican. Given how she’s termed out in the House, I suppose that means that the seat turns into a Democratic gimme.
Maybe the rumor mill is misunderstanding the situation.
Maybe she should have spent less time telling every state’s attorney in SD, the SA Association, and the AG’s office that they don’t what they’re talking about when it comes to prosecuting A&N cases and more time worrying about getting her petitions done.
When she was in the House as a Democrat, she fell more in line with the normal R’s than she did with the whack-o’s.
I mean its fitting.she rarely showed up to committee meetings or floor votes so being late to the deadline…well…karma….