HB 1200 - Require Citizens Collect 1,000 Signatures from Each Legislative District to Put Constitutional Amendments to a Statewide Vote - South Dakota Key Vote

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Title: Require Citizens Collect 1,000 Signatures from Each Legislative District to Put Constitutional Amendments to a Statewide Vote

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires citizens collect 1,000 signatures from each

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  • Specifies that a measure proposed by initiative will not be put forward unless it is signed by not less than five percent of the qualified electors in the state (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that a constitutional amendment proposed by initiative may only be presented by a petition signed by qualified voters equal in number to at least ten percent of the total votes cast for Governor in the last gubernatorial election (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that at least one-thirty-fifth of the number of signatures required to propose a constitutional amendment by initiative must be obtained from each legislative district for it to be put forth to voters (Sec. 1).

Title: Require Citizens Collect 1,000 Signatures from Each Legislative District to Put Constitutional Amendments to a Statewide Vote

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