Signatures submitted for 'top two' primary election in Republican
Time:2024-05-07 16:43:45 Source:sportViews(143)
Supporters of a “top two” primary election system in South Dakota that would replace the current partisan process with one open to all voters have submitted thousands more petition signatures than required to bring a vote this fall on their ballot initiative.
On Monday, South Dakota Open Primaries sponsors said they submitted petitions with 47,000 signatures to Secretary of State Monae Johnson’s office. The measure group needs 35,017 valid signatures to make the November ballot. Johnson’s office has until Aug. 13 to validate the measure, a proposed constitutional amendment.
Under South Dakota’s current primary election system, candidates in gubernatorial, congressional, legislative and county races compete in a partisan primary. The measure would allow all candidates to compete against each other in one primary, and the top two vote-getters in each race or for each seat would advance to the general election. A similar measure failed in 2016.
Previous:Point guard Deivon Smith transferring to St. John's from Utah
Next:Tom Brady roast: Netflix live event features Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick reunion
You may also like
- Harper homers, Wheeler strikes out 11 as Phillies complete 4
- Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health and criminal liability
- Nursery worker accused of killing a nine
- No need to guess: Mom knows best what she wants for Mother's Day
- Biden bows to pressure from anti
- Retired U.S. soccer star Carli Lloyd announces she and her husband are expecting baby in October
- Ancestral lands of the Muscogee in Georgia would become a national park under bills in Congress
- Donald Trump trial LIVE: Ex
- The foods that cancer experts want you to stop eating