PIERRE, S.D. – On December 29th, the South Dakota Voter Protection and Anti-Corruption Amendment was certified as Amendment W for the November 2018 ballot by Secretary of State Shantel Krebs. This is a victory for the anti-corruption movement and South Dakotans who are fighting back, after the repeal of the South Dakota Anti-Corruption Act earlier this year. In November 2016, South Dakota voters approved the Anti-Corruption Act, IM-22. In early 2017 the South Dakota Legislature repealed the act...

For too long, America as been working for the well connected and the powerful while everyday Americans pay the price. When Jack Black and Ed Helms learned about the anti-corruption work Represent.Us members are doing all across America, they said they wanted to help... sort of... ...no one knew what to expect, then this happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVl5r6zcnQ Pro tip! Watch to the end for hilarious outtakes! This isn't just an awesome gift to the Anti-Corruption Movement... it...

Los Angeles, CA – Today Jennifer Lawrence, Sia, Ed Helms and others shared a powerful video showing the personal cost of corruption and a plea to their follower to tell similar stories, and it’s working. Represent.Us is collecting stories about the personal cost of corruption at www.represent.us/wedemandbetter. This video has already reached almost 1 million people. It tells the story, originally reported by CNN, of baby Amelia who was only 10 months old when she underwent the surgery that kill...

Overturns voter backed ethics referendum despite massive constituent outcry FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pierre, SD: Today, Governor Dennis Daugaard signed HB 1069, a repeal of a the South Dakota Government Accountability and Anti-Corruption Act that was just passed by voters in November. Nearly 52 percent of voters backed the anti-corruption law. The repeal proposal overturns the election results. https://www.facebook.com/RepresentUs/posts/1702716879742176 "The public will remember this vote as th...

This election was historic for the movement to break big money’s grip on our political system. On November 8, 2016, voters in South Dakota passed the first-ever statewide Anti-Corruption Act. This ballot initiative was led by Represent.Us volunteers and members. In San Francisco, a Represent.Us volunteer-led coalition passed a new law to stop lobbyists from bribing politicians. It passed by one of the widest margins of any law in San Francisco history. In two Illinois counties, conservatives a...