Florida man has no plans to pull ballot measure after AG opinion

Attorney General Marty Jackley tells secretary of state measures can't be brought by out of staters

(Freedom Forum)

The man behind a proposed ballot initiative that would require prayer in South Dakota public schools says he has no plans to back off his proposal despite a warning from the Attorney General’s Office.

Hillel Hellinger of North Miami Beach told The Dakota Scout Thursday that Attorney General Marty Jackley’s opinion saying he can’t bring a ballot initiative as a non-resident of South Dakota doesn’t square with previous measures eventually adopted into a law through referendum by the people.

“It seems to me if he pulls the rug out from under me he would negate all the other out-of-state ballot initiatives that were made law,” Hellinger said.

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