State to request further review of ruling on state’s ballot-question petition deadline
News Staff
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that the state will seek further review of a 2-1 panel decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that upheld a lower federal court ruling that prohibits the state from enforcing a new law that moved the election-year filing deadline for ballot-question petitions to nine months, from May to February.