In this case I been reading that touches on what we've been
learning and discussing in class, Americans have the right to support or
oppose state ballot measures, even if they are not residents of the state. This
is the issue according to the heart of South Dakota Newspaper Association. This case had begun when
South Dakota passed Initiated Measure 24 in 2018. That measure, as codified by
the South Dakota Legislature, would ban "any contribution to a statewide
ballot question committee by a person who is not a resident of the state at the
time of the contribution, a political committee that is organized outside South
Dakota, or an entity that is not filed as an entity with the secretary of state
for the four years preceding such contribution." Such a ban like this on
out-of-state contributions would be detrimental to the First Amendment, since
this is the case, they receive significant First Amendment protection, seeing
as this case is truly unfair. I honestly feel as though that it would be the
right thing to do to be granted the right to be protected by the First
Amendment considering this situation. No one should be forced to support the
state ballot measures if they feel that it is not needed, or even goes against
their values. To try and force citizens to support the state ballot procedures
would be undemocratic, this will be defeating the purpose of the term “free
democracy” and would seem to be more of a dictatorship.
https://www.ifs.org/cases/south-dakota-newspaper-association-et-al-v-barnett-et-al/
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