Federal appeals court protects longer petitioning time for South Dakota ballot questions

By: Meghan O'Brien

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: August 11, 2026

Words: 839

Last Updated: 6 days, 6 hours ago

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A South Dakota group won another victory Tuesday in its effort to preserve adequate time for petitioning questions onto statewide ballots, but a state official immediately pledged to continue the fight in court.

A federal appeals panel upheld a lower court’s ruling that state lawmakers violated …

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