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New South Dakota law targets abortion ballot initiative: Allows people to withdraw signatures from petitions
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<blockquote data-quote="essentialsaltes" data-source="post: 77603998" data-attributes="member: 294566"><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-ballot-initiatives-signatures-abortion-7e4b215ce12264cd53b407b72754c21a" target="_blank">LINK</a></p><p></p><p>South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill to allow signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their signatures — a move opponents decry as a jab at direct democracy and a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-abortion-ballot-initiative-dd0da89de4fd6d1ef133a57d697e3faf" target="_blank">proposed abortion rights initiative</a>, which would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution.</p><p></p><p>--</p><p>Another example of Republican-led states trying to avoid the will of the people on the topic of abortion. This likely won't be successful, because the ballot initiative has thousands of signatures over the required number to qualify for the ballot. And despite claims that South Dakotans were 'deceived' by the nature of the initiative, it seems doubtful that thousands of people will withdraw their signatures. The new law clearly targets the current initiative in that it took effect immediately upon the governor's signature. This is a last ditch effort to stop this from reaching the voters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="essentialsaltes, post: 77603998, member: 294566"] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-ballot-initiatives-signatures-abortion-7e4b215ce12264cd53b407b72754c21a']LINK[/URL] South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill to allow signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their signatures — a move opponents decry as a jab at direct democracy and a [URL='https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-abortion-ballot-initiative-dd0da89de4fd6d1ef133a57d697e3faf']proposed abortion rights initiative[/URL], which would enable voters to protect abortion rights in the state constitution. -- Another example of Republican-led states trying to avoid the will of the people on the topic of abortion. This likely won't be successful, because the ballot initiative has thousands of signatures over the required number to qualify for the ballot. And despite claims that South Dakotans were 'deceived' by the nature of the initiative, it seems doubtful that thousands of people will withdraw their signatures. The new law clearly targets the current initiative in that it took effect immediately upon the governor's signature. This is a last ditch effort to stop this from reaching the voters. [/QUOTE]
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