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Juliann Talkington, a coordinator for the No on H ballot question committee, speaks to the Life Defense Fund election night watch party on Nov. 5 in Sioux Falls. South Dakota Searchlight photo by Makenzie Huber.

Voters reject open primaries for South Dakota

By Seth Tupper of South Dakota Searchlight 11/05/2024

South Dakota voters on Tuesday, Nov. 5 rejected an attempt to establish open primary elections in the state. With 622…

South Dakota voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for people 21 and older. File photo.

Voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana

By South Dakota Searchlight Staff 10/22/2024

Whether the recreational use of marijuana should be legal is again on the South Dakota ballot. Recaps of all of…

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Your letters: Recreational marijuana advocates don’t discuss costs

By Aberdeen Insider 10/06/2024

What is our most precious resource? It is you! It is people! It does not matter what color our skin……

A poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch showed that statewide support of marijuana legalization has dropped, creating a sizable deficit at a critical time when ballot measure committees are raising money and building strategies for the 2024 election. Unsplash photo by Wesley Gibbs.

Poll: Most South Dakota voters oppose recreational marijuana measure

By Stu Whitney of South Dakota News Watch 06/29/2024

Most South Dakotans oppose the latest attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, according to a scientific poll of……

Members if South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws turn petitions at the state Capitol in Pierre on Tuesday, May 6. Dakota Scout photo by Austin Goss.

Open primaries, cannabis legalization efforts beat signature deadline

By Austin Goss, The Dakota Scout 05/08/2024

South Dakota voters could see a crowded ballot in November’s general election. Petition circulators proposing to move the state to……