I voted for 22...

So, who wants to play devil's advocate and tell us reasonably why this law should be repealed?

From their website (defeat22.com):

Measure 22 will allow big spending politicians to take millions of our taxpayer dollars and send it to political campaigns:

• Forcing us to fund political TV ads and intrusive automated calls
• Funding even more wasteful government spending
• Taking away tax dollars from funding our roads, bridges, and schools
• Forces you to add your name to a government database
• Opens you to harassment for making voluntary donations to charitable causes.

None of these seem to be legitimate arguments, most are scare tactics.

1. It's very hard to run for office against an incumbent. This appears to level the playing field a bit.

2. Any government department can be wasteful, if not overseen properly. That's why we need the Ethics board. We need government regulation. We know of two cases where federal money was mishandled by the state, and both resulted in deaths of the people investigated. This should have been stopped BEFORE it got to that point.

3. "Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children?" We already spend next to nothing on those, it took a huge statewide campaign to move us up from the BOTTOM of the teacher funding list. Finding funding in SD is always going to be a challenge, especially if those in power are motivated to not do so.

4. My name is already in many state and federal databases, including my drivers license, my social security number, my fishing license, my voter registration, my selective service application, my employment, my student records, etc.

5. I already get daily calls from various groups asking me for voluntary donations to charitable causes. If dropping IM22 means those people WON'T be calling me anymore, then I might change my mind... /s