Election volunteers bring ballots and signs to the Minnehaha County Administration Building Nov. 3, 2026. (Jonathan Ellis/The Dakota Scout)
South Dakota voters rejected another attempt to make ballot measures more restrictive, voting down Amendment L, one of four measures on Tuesday’s ballot.
The amendment would have required a 60 percent majority for any future changes to the South Dakota Constitution that were approved by voters at the ballot box. The defeat of Amendment L, which was losing by 58 percent of the vote with 83 percent of the state’s precincts reporting, means that changes to the state Constitution can be approved by a 50-percent-plus-one majority.
