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On ballot explanations and statements

So the South Dakota Supreme Court affirms the prior decision that only a minor change need be made in the ballot explanation for Amendment E, the J.A.I.L. amendment. Although brief, the decision is interesting in a couple respects.

First, it appears the only issue presented was whether the explanation should talk about deliberate actions. This […]

The deliberate dodge

South Dakota’s J.A.I.L.ers recently trotted out a new theme in their continuing effort to mislead voters about Amendment E. Let’s call it the “deliberate decoy.”

It began appearing at the hearing on J.A.I.L.’s challenge to the ballot explanation for Amendment E. As Judge Gors noted in his decision, “At the hearing, [South Dakota J.A.I.L.er-in-Chief Bill] […]

Those darn campaign finance reports

South Dakota’s J.A.I.L.ers have filed an amended campaign finance report, trying to fix the earlier one that wasn’t accepted for filing. Evidently, those pesky reports seem to be hard for the J.A.I.L.ers to figure out.

To start with, the cover letter says the Amendment E proponents are filing a “the year end report.” That’s odd. […]

Branson’s own South Dakota campaign

JAIL4Judges founder Ron Branson, who’s seemed to be sitting on the sidelines since the South Dakota J.A.I.L.ers disavowed him, is making his presence known with a new website he registered last week dedicated to “SD-JAIL4judges.”

As usual, Branson rambles on and spews loads of nonsense, all interspersed with random quotes from sources ranging from the […]

J.A.I.L.’s first target?

PP has posted the decision by Judge Max Gors on J.A.I.L.’s challenge to the Attorney General’s ballot explanation on their measure. I won’t repeat it in full but do want to look at its content and analysis. Two things come to mind: (1) I told you so and (2) If the public is foolish enough […]