January 31, 2017

South Dakota GOP declares state of emergency to wipe out ethics reform

https://thinkprogress.org/south-dakota-gop-declares-state-of-emergency-to-wipe-out-ethics-reform-95b206a35399#.u3nc31et6
"Just 10 weeks ago, South Dakota voters passed a slate of ethics reforms and campaign finance law overhauls by a slim majority. By the end of the day on Thursday, state Republican lawmakers will have canceled the whole package. The Republicans, who outnumber Democrats roughly four-to-one in both houses of the legislature, are using emergency legislation to void the ethics reforms. The mechanism prevents voters from overruling the repeal with another ballot measure."