South Dakota Supreme Court to Hear Video Gambling Appeal

The state Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a proposed law that would repeal video gambling will be placed on South Dakota's fall ballot for a statewide vote. The high court will hear the appeal directly, which means supporters of the ballot measure will not have to go to circuit court first. The direct appeal will lead to a final decision before ballots and other documents must be prepared for the November election.

On May 30, Secretary of State Chris Nelson decided not to place the video lottery appeal on the November ballot after receiving a legal opinion from Attorney General Larry Long. The attorney general said a 1995 state Supreme Court decision found that an initiated measure cannot be used to repeal an existing law.

But Daniel K. Brendtro of Sioux Falls, sponsor of the video lottery measure, is asking the Supreme Court to order Nelson to put the proposed gambling law on the ballot. Long had urged supporters of the video lottery measure to seek a court ruling because the state Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the language of the South Dakota Constitution.

June 27, 2006
Posted By Terry Goodwin
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