Secretary of State Shantel Krebs Certifies Seventh Ballot Measure
Pierre, SD – Today, Secretary of State Shantel Krebs announced that an initiated measure to give certain organizations the right to charge fees was validated and certified to be on the November 2016 general election ballot as a ballot measure the citizens will vote on. The sponsor turned in 30,810 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office. An initiated measure requires a minimum of 13,871 signatures from South Dakota registered voters. Once the signatures were delivered to the Secretary of State’s office, a 5% random sampling was conducted. It was determined that 48.2% or 14,861 of 30,810 signatures were in good standing. This will be Initiated Measure 23.
This is the 7th initiated measure to be approved by Secretary of State. A total of 8 measures were submitted for review. This office will continue the signature validation process of the final ballot measure submitted. A total of 275,000 signatures were submitted among all petitions.
Those looking to challenge the Secretary of State’s certification of a ballot measure have 30 days from the date they are certified, which would be February 18, 2016.
Vote No on his measure also…