Constitutional Amendment J: Citizenship Voting Requirement
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: Election Integrity
Amends South Dakota’s constitutional voting-qualification section to state that a voter must be a United States citizen and that a person who is not a United States citizen is disqualified from voting in any South Dakota election or ballot question.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
A YES vote means
A yes vote adopts the amendment, adding explicit constitutional language that only United States citizens are eligible to vote in South Dakota elections and ballot questions.
A NO vote means
A no vote rejects the amendment, leaving the current constitutional voting-qualification language unchanged.
Sources: sdlegislature.gov · sdsos.gov
Source: sdsos.gov