Signatures submitted in bid to bring California-style 'Top 2' primaries to South Dakota

May 7 2024 by FOXNews.com

Supporters of a "top two" primary election system in South Dakota that would replace the current partisan process with one open to all voters have submitted thousands more petition signatures than required to bring a vote this fall on their ballot initiative.

On Monday, South Dakota Open Primaries sponsors said they submitted petitions with 47,000 signatures to Secretary of State Monae Johnson's office. The measure group needs 35,017 valid signatures to make the November ballot. Johnson's...

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