Vote YES on Amendment C this Tuesday

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On Tuesday, voters will have the opportunity to put the same requirements on ballot measures that would raise our taxes as tax measures face in the South Dakota State Legislature. Amendment C would place a higher vote threshold on passage of such measures, and is supported by the South Dakota Republican Party.  Check it out:

And make sure you vote YES on Amendment C this coming Tuesday.

40 thoughts on “Vote YES on Amendment C this Tuesday”

  1. In my opinion, it’s the legislature telling the voter to get lost.

    They want a simple majority of voters in a low turnout primary election to override the views of 60% of voters in future high turnout general elections. It’s not appropriate. No amendment should be placed on a primary ballot.

    This is an attempt to stop you… the public… from determining policy when the legislature fails to act. Definitely voting NO on C.

    1. ” In my opinion, it’s the legislature telling the voter to get lost.”

      Opinions vary.

  2. When one party dominance isnt enough at the representative level, require greater than a majority at the voter level as well.

  3. When the CAH himself (even though he’s an out-of-stater) and all his minions are saying “No” on Amend C….that’s confirmation that a “Yes” vote in coming from me.

    1. Most of CAH’s blog commentors reside out of state too. Did he ever create a blog for Nebraska? I’m sure the Nebraska GOP Party would help finance it given Cory’s track record.

  4. It is contrary to South Dakota values. It gives negative votes 50% more weight than the majority. It is minority rule, not a South Dakota value.

  5. If you want higher taxes and more government overreach vote no

    But if those things are abhorrent to you vote YES

    I plan to vote YES

      1. Why would you want higher taxes forced on us by a .01 majority? Aren’t gas prices and everything else high enough for you?

  7. Are blog man here says vote Yes

    Dusty says vote yes

    The GOP State party says yes

    Schoenbeck and Hansen are the sponsors and say Vite yes

    But why won’t Kristi? See the difference? She is owned by her donors avera and Sanford

        1. IM27 grants us a freedom that never should’ve been taken away. By voting no you are denying freedom to your fellow citizens.

          1. IM27 Negatively affects the Freedom of South Dakotans that have to deal with the rapid growth via commercialization of poor choices by THC users. Taxes go up. Government expands. Increased demand on social and other related support services. Crime some being violent expands substantially due to the black market thriving far more in this environment. Latest report showing increased use by minors in states that legalized after finding the previous report was flawed. Negatively affects Freedom of kids growing healthy free from drugs and the parents having to send their kids to treatment which is very expensive. IM27 is Anti-Freedom! Vote No on IM27

  10. I’m voting yes just to see this later ruled as an unconstitutional violation of the single subject rule.

  12. Why restrict raising taxes to 60% … it’s step one to holding our government process to a balanced budget. Watch and learn thr hidden story of the Wizard of Oz and yoy will learn who really wants you pay taxes to benefit a small minority.

    https://youtu.be/bOyDzlQl-Mo

  13. Some primary elections have a third the turnout of a general election.

    So no – something as consequential as a constitutional amendment should never be on a primary ballot. Especially an amendment that raises the requirement for passage of other measures to sixty percent.

    Yes, it’s a power grab. The legislature doesn’t want you keeping that power to decide. You can give in to them. I won’t.

    1. The legislature has to have 67 percent to raise our taxes and they are our elected officials. Why is asking 60 percent of voters to pass it on the ballot so hard to swallow when you know half of the people voting on amendments don’t understand what they mean?

  14. voter tune out is 65% most of the time which means it takes only 33% of registered voters to raise taxes on 100% of the population.
    This will raise the threshold to 39% of the registered voters to raise taxes on 100% of us. So everybody can relax, the people who want to raise taxes on us will still get by fooling only some of the people all of the time.

    1. Nice try.

      Pretty sneaky effort too. They want you to give up your own voting power with the ruse of keeping taxes low. And they cleverly set it up for a primary election where as few as 15 or 20% of people will decide for the rest of us. Forever.

      It’s so obvious. It’s all about stopping the voter from overriding the legislature.

      Don’t buy it.

      1. So you want out of staters to be able to raise our taxes with a 1 vote majority. We know how Dems like to cheat and that would be very easy to do. It’s just that requiring 60 percent of the vote would make it much harder to cheat and raise our taxes. Nice try but not buying your story.

        1. Bless your heart. Last time I checked out of staters couldn’t vote in our elections.

    1. Yes, look at the ad just down below. Funny how these “opinions” show up right after the ad does.

      1. Pat has always been fair. I am sure he appreciates his advertisers but he strikes me as pretty independent.

  16. So republicans make up more than 50% of the electorate, right? Amendment C and it’s timing on the ballot means that some republicans don’t trust other republicans to fall in line.

  17. The whining by Democrats about Amendment C being on the ballot for primary elections is based on the assumption that their fellow Democrats are too stupid to realize that they can vote on Amendment C despite the fact that their party leaders are too inept to get candidates to run in most of the legislative races. Besides, it would be silly for proponents of Amendment C to state that there is a significant problem that Amendment C is designed to solve but to wait five months to solve it. Vote Yes on Amendment C!

    1. The legislature referred this thing to a vote in a primary to empower themselves.

      Amendment C contains a provision that states that any tax impact exceeding $10 million OVER FIVE YEARS requires 60% approval of voters. Almost anything can be interpreted to cost that much. The amount is so low that it was clearly intended to stop virtually all initiated and referred measures. Then it was put on a primary ballot where a tiny minority will decide this.

      So, if you don’t want the legislature getting away with this and diminishing your voting rights, you would be wise to vote NO on C.

      1. I agree – it is a way to stop recreational marijuana from becoming legal without 60% of the vote.

  18. So you want out of staters to be able to raise our taxes with a 1 vote majority. We know how Dems like to cheat and that would be very easy to do. It’s just that requiring 60 percent of the vote would make it much harder to cheat and raise our taxes. Nice try but not buying your story.

    1. You realize the vast majority of voters in this state are not Dems right? And that people out of state can’t vote here? Or is this projection again?

  19. Something like this doesn’t matter as much as election integrity.

    Voter roles must be clean and crossed referenced with other data to prove vote eligibility.

    Counting machines must be unplugged from power.

    Otherwise, 60%, 50%, who cares?

    1. Voter roles are cross-referenced with other data, but you know that.
      As for unplugging counting machines from power, well, that would mean they wouldn’t work. Or do you really think counting by hand is the answer? I’m sure even your dear leader 45 would cry up a storm when counting continued after he claimed he won.

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