Appeals court grants new hearing in lawsuit over petitioning time for South Dakota ballot questions

By: Meghan O'Brien

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: October 1, 2026

Words: 378

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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A South Dakota group suffered a setback Thursday in its effort to protect adequate time for petitioning questions onto statewide ballots, as a federal appeals court vacated an earlier ruling in the group’s favor and set a new hearing for next year.

In August, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that state lawmakers violated the First Amendment last year when they moved up the deadline for submitting petition …

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