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SD Task Force Pushes Campaign Finance Reform

SD Task Force Pushes Campaign Finance Reform

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A South Dakota legislative task force this week worked out some new campaign finance proposals, and will send them on to the 2018 session.
House Speaker Mark Mickelson of Sioux Falls says public concern about the issue seems to have cooled off…….

Mickelson says legislators already have a number of campaign finance restrictions……

Mickelson says most political corruption charges have not been filed on those in state government…..

The task force was formed as part of the legislation that repealed IM22, which was approved by the voters last year.

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