Constitutional Amendment L: Sixty Percent Vote Requirement for Constitutional Amendments
South Dakota
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 50 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 907,428 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(907,428 ÷ 907,428) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50, measured against a statewide vote in SD (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Ballot Measure
Opposes: Civil Rights, Election Integrity
Raises the approval threshold for future South Dakota constitutional amendments or revisions from a majority of votes cast to sixty percent of votes cast.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
A YES vote means
A yes vote adopts the amendment, so future constitutional amendments or revisions would need at least sixty percent of votes cast to become part of the South Dakota Constitution.
A NO vote means
A no vote rejects the amendment, keeping the current rule that constitutional amendments or revisions become part of the South Dakota Constitution if approved by a majority of votes cast.
Sources: sdlegislature.gov · sdsos.gov2
Source: sdsos.gov