Jump to full article: KELOLAND TV (Sioux Falls, SD), 2009-11-16
Intro: A statewide smoking ban may be the issue at the center of a court challenge in South Dakota, but Secretary of State Chris Nelson's part in the trial to put the ban on the ballot had nothing to do with smoking.
"The court found that there were a number of areas where we had determined there were errors with the petitions that the court has the authority to find substantial compliance and essentially overlook those types of errors," Nelson said.
Nelson plans to sit down with Attorney General Marty Jackley later this week to talk about the rules and laws regarding petitions and see if this ruling to allow these errors sets a precedent.
"If a court says these types of errors are okay, where does that land us on the next petitions? What other things are going to be okay then, and then we get to a point of is there integrity left in the petition process?" Nelson said.
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If a court says these types of errors are okay, where does that land us on the next petitions? What other things are going to be okay then, and then we get to a point of is there integrity left in the petition process?
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley, on the smoking ban ruling.
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