Threshold for South Dakota constitutional amendments should remain a simple majority, voters decide

By: Seth Tupper, Joshua Haiar, John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 310

Last Updated: 5 days, 17 hours ago

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South Dakotans rejected a ballot question Tuesday that would have raised the threshold for voter approval of state constitutional amendments from a simple majority to 60%.

When The Associated Press called the race at 11:24 p.m. Central time, 58% of the votes were against Amendment L and 42% were in favor. About 64% of statewide votes had been counted.

The Republican-dominated Legislature sent Amendment L to the ballot. Sponsoring lawmakers said a higher threshold …

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