Writer supports grass-roots initiated measures
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To the Editor:
First Amendment rights are no longer assured in South Dakota. Nearly gone is our right to “petition government for redress of grievances.” State law now conflicts with the 1787 Bill of Rights.
Our state legislature has, for some years, had a problem with grass-roots initiated measures. During the last couple years, it has changed South Dakota law to make the process more complicated. Reduced time frames for gathering signatures have been imposed. Newly required circulator tasks and identification are insulting to many. Such requirements undermine people’s rights to peaceably assemble and engage with one another.