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Dec 17, 2020 7:36 AM
(WNAX)- Despite not winning any of the elections for statewide offices last month, democrats in South Dakota will be filling some important offices with national connections.
Democratic Party Chairman Randy Seiler of Fort Pierre says the Biden Administration will make a handful of appointments next year.
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Democratic Party Chairman Randy Seiler says the Biden Administration will make appointments next year….
Since there are no statewide democratic office holders, Seiler will coordinate filling those positions with the incoming Administration…
Seiler says there are a good number of qualified candidates for all the offices..
Seiler says he hopes to see those positions filled by early spring. Tags:
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South Dakota voters overwhelmingly approved medical and adult-use legalization. But now the head of the state police is launching a long-shot bid to scuttle the adult use measure. (AdobeStock)
Last month South Dakota became one of the latest states to legalize both medicinal and recreational use of marijuana. Fifty-four percent of the state’s voters approved Constitutional Amendment A, the adult-use legalization measure, while a medicinal marijuana initiative was approved by nearly 70%. Both measures are scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2021.
Despite those significant victories, however, a faction within the state government is looking to overturn those results and resurrect cannabis prohibition in the Mount Rushmore State.
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