Secretary of State Shantel Krebs says that an Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to Expand Rights for Crime Victims was validated and certified to be on the November 2016 general election ballot……

Krebs says the window is now open to any challenge to the issue….

This is the first initiated measure to be approved by the Secretary of State. A total of 8 measures were submitted for review. Krebs says the office will continue the signature validation process of the remaining 7 measures in the order they were submitted to the Secretary of State. A total of 275,000 signatures were submitted among all petitions.