2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 12 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 28 - Government Accountability and Anti-Corruption
§ 12-28-2 Findings and purpose.
12-28-2. Findings and purpose. The people find and declare that accountability to the people is of the utmost importance in South Dakota's political system. Today, that system does not properly prevent corruption or its appearance and is weakened by: insufficient participation by citizens, who believe that current campaign financing incentives have rendered their role insignificant; rapidly rising costs of elections that force candidates to prioritize special interest donors, often from outside of South Dakota, who have the potential to make large contributions; insufficient and delayed disclosure to the public of relevant information on campaign contributions, political advertising, and paid lobbying; and inadequate enforcement of the laws intended to address these problems. Therefore, the purpose of this chapter is to increase accountability to the people of South Dakota in electoral politics and to combat government corruption and its appearance.
Source: Initiated Measure 22, ยง 2, eff. Nov. 16, 2016.
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