Repost: Signatures gathered for the 2012 ballot
Posted Tuesday, March 6, 2012
From Open Forum, on Nov. 3, 2011:
ASBSD was on hand as officials from Moving South Dakota Forward submitted nearly 34,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure to dedicated new sales tax revenue to K-12 education and Medicaid.
Moving South Dakota Forward submits 33,850 petitions from Associated School Boards of SD on Vimeo.
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Exclusive Video: Education community helps gather 34,000 signatures
Posted Thursday, November 3, 2011
ASBSD was on hand as officials from Moving South Dakota Forward submitted nearly 34,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure to dedicated new sales tax revenue to K-12 education and Medicaid.
Moving South Dakota Forward submits 33,850 petitions from Associated School Boards of SD on Vimeo.
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This day in history: 33,850 signatures filed
Posted Tuesday, November 1, 2011
A plan to reverse recent cuts to K-12 education has cleared another hurdle.
Moving South Dakota Forward submitted today to the Secretary of State nearly 34,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure that would dedicate new sales tax revenue to K-12 public education and Medicaid. The total is more than twice the signatures necessary to qualify the measure for the 2012 ballot.
Representatives from local school boards will meet at the ASBSD Delegate Assembly on Nov. 18 to consider whether ASBSD will support the ballot initiative. The ASBSD Board of Directors voted unanimously to recommend support, but the membership has the final say.
Read more about the filing from the Argus Leader, and full Moving South Dakota Forward Press Release is below.
Dave Hewett, Bryce Healy and Andy Wiese, three organizers of the Moving South Dakota Forward initiative, carry boxes of petitions into the state capitol on Tuesday Morning.
MOVING SOUTH DAKOTA FORWARD SUBMITS OVER 33,850
PETITION SIGNATURES
Overwhelming Response from South Dakotans Interested
in Properly Funding Education and Health Care
Sioux Falls – Earlier today, Moving South Dakota Forward submitted to the
Secretary of State over 33,850 petition signatures, more than twice the number
of signatures necessary, in order to place a measure to fund K-12 public
education and Medicaid on the ballot for the November 2012 general election.
Moving South Dakota Forward is a broad-based coalition concerned about the
level of support for education and health care funding in South Dakota
The measure would create an additional dedicated funding source for K-12
public education and Medicaid by adding one penny to the state sales tax.
"The overwhelming response from across the state shows that South Dakotans
want to have a voice in the future of education and health care funding. We
expected the initiated measure to be well-received, but even we did not expect
over 33,850 signers. Doubling the necessary signatures in less than two months'
time is truly historic," said Dave Hewett, president and CEO of the South
Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations.
"The sheer number of signatures we were able to collect illustrates how
concerned South Dakotans are about the level of funding for education and
health care in our state. We had a large network of individuals engaged in this
effort and the response they encountered was just incredible. Nearly 500 South
Dakotans circulated petitions in this effort and we collected signatures from
every county," added Bryce Healy, Executive Director of the South Dakota
Education Association.
"The petition process was just the first step to ensuring quality
educational opportunities and health care service in South Dakota," said
Hewett."We look forward to having a serious conversation about the funding
of these essential programs over the next year. We built an organization during
the last two months that puts us in a strong position for the educational
campaign ahead and sends a message that these two critical programs that
provide basic, essential services are important to the citizens of South
Dakota. We look forward to engaging everyone—whether or not they signed the
petition—in the conversation moving forward."
Over the coming weeks, the Secretary of State's office will confirm that
Moving South Dakota Forward submitted the 15,855 valid signatures necessary to
place the initiated measure on the November 2012 ballot.
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