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Appeals court grants new hearing in lawsuit over petitioning time for South Dakota ballot questions

States Newsroom · October 1, 2026

A South Dakota group suffered a setback Thursday in its effort to protect adequate time for petitioning questions onto statewide ballots, as a federal appeals court vacated an earlier ruling in the group’s favor and set a new hearing for next year. In August, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of…

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Appeals court grants new hearing in lawsuit over petitioning time for South Dakota ballot questions

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