Ballot Measure Seeks to Revise State Campaign Finance Laws

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Secretary of State Shantel Krebs says an initiated measure that aims to revise state campaign finance and lobbying laws and create an ethics commission has been certified to appear on the November ballot.

Krebs says the ballot measure sponsor turned in 24,532 signatures to the Secretary of State's office, and a 5-percent random sampling determined that 73.8 percent of the signatures were in good standing.

The initiative to be known as Initiated Measure 22 aims to revise state campaign finance and lobbying laws, create a publicly funded campaign finance program, create an ethics commission and appropriate funds.

It is the fifth of eight submitted measures to be approved by Secretary of State. The remaining three will soon be examined.

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