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Constitutional Amendment K: Establishing the Trust for Unclaimed Property Fund

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

Supports: Government Efficiency

Creates a South Dakota constitutional trust fund for net receipts from unclaimed property after payment of claims, expenses, and authorized general-fund deposits, with annual distributions of a portion of the fund's interest and income to the general fund beginning July 1, 2027.

Read the official ballot measure (PDF)

A YES vote means

A yes vote adopts the amendment, creating the trust for unclaimed property fund and setting constitutional rules for deposits, investment, distributions, and limited diversion of principal or income.

A NO vote means

A no vote rejects the amendment, so the proposed constitutional trust fund for unclaimed-property receipts would not be created.

Sources: sdlegislature.gov · sdsos.gov

Source: sdsos.gov