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<p>In dismissing a complaint against <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-republican-knives-are-out-for-south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem">South Dakota Gov.</a> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stefen-monteau-flipped-off-south-dakota-governor-kristi-noem-in-a-viral-photo-and-it-cost-him-his-job">Kristi Noem</a> on Tuesday, a state ethics panel managed to find a loophole in a law that appeared to have none.</p>
<p>As approved by a majority of the voters in a statewide ballot in 2006, the law in question states “any aircraft owned or leased by the state may be used only in the conduct of state business.”</p>
<p>“No exceptions,” the ballot added, noting that a violation was a Class 2 misdemeanor.</p>
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In dismissing a complaint against South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday, a state ethics panel managed to find a loophole in a law that appeared to have none.
As approved by a majority of the voters in a statewide ballot in 2006, the law in question states “any aircraft owned or leased by the state may be used only in the conduct of state business.”
“No exceptions,” the ballot added, noting that a violation was a Class 2 misdemeanor.