“They’re not pleasant, there’s no economic development around them," one Sioux Falls lawmaker said, anticipating some public opposition around any planned purchase in the Sioux Falls area.
"Voters are going to see [this bill] for what it is: an attempt to make it nearly impossible to put constitutional amendments on the ballot,” a veteran backer of petitions in the state said.
“We don't like the mistrust and rhetoric that we have faced in the aftermath of the 2020 election,” one county auditor told a House committee on Feb. 27.
