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Business Owners Keep Close Eye On Effort To Push S.D. Ban To Public Vote
Jump to full article: Yankton (SD) Press & Dakotan, 2009-06-16
Author: Justin Rust
Intro: Residents of South Dakota may have to wait until January 2011 for a statewide smoking ban to actually take effect.
According to an Associated Press story, enough signatures have been collected for a petition to allow voters to decide whether they want a smoking ban or not.
The petition needs at least 16,776 signatures in order to make it on the ballot for voters on November 2010, and Larry Mann, coordinator of the petition, said even more signatures would be collected.
"We're in good shape as far as signatures needed. Now we're just trying to build a buffer," said Mann, who leads the petition on behalf of the Video Lottery Establishments of South Dakota, the Licensed Beverage Dealers of South Dakota, the DeVitt Gaming Association and the Music and Vending Association of South Dakota.
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