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• SD Smoking Ban Gets Its Day In Court This Week  

South Dakotans could know the fate of the statewide smoking ban by the end of the week. Both sides of the ban will be heading to Pierre Thursday to dispute the nearly ten thousand petition signatures that were thrown out, keeping the issue off next November's ballot.

In July supporters of the smoking ban were able to get the Secretary of State to throw out nearly ten thousand names on the petition turned in by opponents of the ban. Bar and casino owners across South Dakota filed a lawsuit to challenge the decision.

Thursday is their day in court and they are prepared to call up to 20 witnesses to defend the signatures and names that were tossed.

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