pacino wrote:South Dakota voters passed a ballot measure to enact an ethics commission, campaign finance, lobbying reforms, etc.

South Dakota lawmakers declared an emergency session to get rid of it. Republicans are the ones mostly for scrapping it. They say there are no ethics issues so why even have these laws? Surprise! The swamp extends to South Dakota.

The nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity recently ranked South Dakota47th in the nation for accountability, largely because of its lax lobbying laws. “Little to none of [state legislative and lobbyist interaction] is reported to the public in any detail,” the report said.

If a kid had these Fs on their report card there's be immediate action to rectify the situation.
here's an interesting and sad paragraph:

In South Dakota, the battle is largely along partisan lines. More than two-thirds of Republican lawmakers have signed onto the repeal effort; not one Democrat has. (That may also be a function of just how small the Democratic Party is in South Dakota: There are 16 Democrats in the entire 105-person legislature.)

Pennsylvania also really, really sucks, too. We're 45th. Alaska, California and Connecticut were the only states that didn't receive a D or F. 50th? Michigan. I would've expected Louisiana but Michigan fits, too.