South Dakota Attorney General Explains Potential 2016 Ballot Measure - State and Federal Communications

September 24, 2015  •  

South Dakota Attorney General Explains Potential 2016 Ballot Measure

SouthDakota-StateSealSouth Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley recently released a statement describing a ballot measure to create a publicly funded campaign finance program. The program would allocate monetary credits to voters who could assign them to candidates.

The measure would also lower political contribution limits and create a revolving door provision for certain state officials seeking to become lobbyists. Said officials would be banned from lobbying for two years after leaving office.

Supporters must collect nearly 14,000 signatures to get the measure on the 2016 ballot.

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