List of South Dakota ballot measures

This page provides a list of ballot measures that have appeared on the statewide ballot in South Dakota.

List of ballot measures by year

Measures are listed in reverse-chronological order, with the most recent and upcoming elections appearing first. Tables include brief summaries, relevant topics, and the election results for each measure.

2026

See also: South Dakota 2026 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment I	Public assistance programs; Public health insurance	Condition Medicaid expansion on federal funding remaining at least 90%
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment J	Citizenship voting requirements	Provide that "[an] individual who is not a citizen of the United States is disqualified from voting in any election or upon any question submitted to the voters"
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment K	Restricted-use funds	Establish an unclaimed property trust fund
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment L	Ballot measure supermajority requirements; Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process	Require a 60% majority by voters to approve constitutional amendments

2024

See also: South Dakota 2024 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment E	Constitutional wording changes	Amend the constitution to change male pronouns in the Constitution to gender-neutral terms or titles	d	180,365 (43%)	242,866 (57%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment F	Public health insurance; Public assistance programs	Amend the South Dakota Constitution to provide that the state "may impose a work requirement on any person ... who has not been diagnosed as being physically or mentally disabled" for eligible individuals to receive Medicaid under the Medicaid expansion that took effect on July 1, 2023	a	236,410 (56%)	184,829 (44%)
CICA	Constitutional Amendment G	Abortion policy; Constitutional rights	Provide for a state constitutional right to abortion with a trimester framework for regulations	d	176,809 (41%)	250,136 (59%)
CICA	Constitutional Amendment H	Primary election systems	Establish top-two primaries for federal, state, and certain local offices in South Dakota	d	141,570 (34%)	270,048 (66%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 28	Food and beverage taxes; Food policy	Prohibit state sales taxes on anything sold for human consumption, not including alcoholic beverages or prepared food	d	129,261 (31%)	290,969 (69%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 29	Marijuana laws	Legalize the recreational or personal use of marijuana	d	189,916 (44%)	237,228 (56%)
VR	Referred Law 21	Carbon emissions regulations; Carbon taxes and fees	Uphold Senate Bill 201, which would provide requirements for regulating carbon dioxide pipelines and other transmission facilities, and allow counties to impose a surcharge on certain pipeline companies	d	165,682 (41%)	242,459 (59%)

2022

See also: South Dakota 2022 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Constitutional Amendment D	Public health insurance; Public assistance programs	Expand Medicaid to persons with incomes below 138% of the federal poverty level	a	192,057 (56%)	149,616 (44%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 27	Marijuana laws	Legalize marijuana in South Dakota	d	163,584 (47%)	183,879 (53%)

June 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment C	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Require a three-fifths vote of approval for ballot measures that increase taxes or fees or require the state to appropriate $10 million or more in the first five fiscal years	d	59,125 (33%)	122,417 (67%)

2020

See also: South Dakota 2020 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Constitutional Amendment A	Marijuana laws	Legalizes recreational use of marijuana; requires the legislature to pass laws providing for the use of medical marijuana and the sale of hemp by April 1, 2022		225,260 (54%)	190,477 (46%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment B	Gambling policy	Legalizes sports betting in Deadwood and requires that net local revenue from such activity be dedicated to the Historic Restoration and Preservation of Deadwood	a	239,620 (58%)	170,191 (42%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 26	Marijuana laws	Provides for a medical marijuana program in South Dakota	a	291,754 (70%)	125,488 (30%)

2018

See also: South Dakota 2018 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment W	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process; Ethics rules and commissions; Campaign finance	Require voter approval for substantive legislative changes to a voter-approved initiative or referendum and add the existing simple majority vote requirement for initiatives to the state constitution, among other changes	d	142,769 (45%)	174,081 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment Z	Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process	Enact a single-subject rule for constitutional amendments	a	195,790 (62%)	117,947 (38%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment X	Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Require a 55% vote to approve a constitutional amendment	d	140,730 (46%)	167,362 (54%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 24	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process; Campaign finance	Prohibit out-of-state persons and entities from making contributions to ballot question committees in South Dakota	a	174,960 (56%)	140,172 (44%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 25	Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Tobacco laws; Higher education funding	The South Dakota Tobacco Tax Increase Initiative, Initiated Measure 25, is on the ballot in South Dakota as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.	d	148,775 (45%)	182,654 (55%)

June 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment Y	Criminal trials; Crime victims' rights	The South Dakota Changes to Marsy's Law Crime Victim Rights Amendment, Constitutional Amendment Y, is on the ballot in South Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on June 5, 2018.	a	106,498 (80%)	27,448 (20%)

2016

See also: South Dakota 2016 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment R	Higher education governance	Allow the South Dakota Legislature to determine a separate entity, board or procedure to run technical schools and preventing the South Dakota Board of Regents from running such schools	a	178,209 (51%)	173,945 (49%)
CICA	Constitutional Amendment S	Criminal trials; Crime victims' rights	Expand the rights of crime victims	a
CICA	Constitutional Amendment T	Redistricting policy	Create an independent redistricting commission	d	149,942 (43%)	198,982 (57%)
CICA	Constitutional Amendment U	Banking policy	Limit the ability to set statutory interest rates for loans	d
CICA	Constitutional Amendment V	Election administration and governance; Primary election systems	Establish nonpartisan elections	d	157,870 (45%)	196,781 (55%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 21	Banking policy	Place an interest rate cap of 36 percent on short-term loans	a
CISS	Initiated Measure 22	Campaign finance	Revise state campaign finance and lobbying laws, and create a publicly funded campaign finance program and an ethics commission	a
CISS	Initiated Measure 23	Right-to-work laws; Business regulations; Collective bargaining	Give corporate organizations and nonprofit organizations the right to charge a fee for any service provided	d	71,250 (20%)	279,482 (80%)
VR	Referred Law 19	Election administration and governance	Uphold or repeal Senate Bill 69 (SB 69), a statute changing election laws regarding independent candidates, minor political parties, and signature collection numbers and due dates	d
VR	Referred Law 20	Minimum wage laws	Uphold or repeal Senate Bill 177 (SB 177), a law decreasing the minimum wage for workers under age 18 from $8.50 to $7.50	d	104,185 (29%)	256,686 (71%)

2014

See also: South Dakota 2014 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment Q	Gambling policy	The South Dakota Gambling in Deadwood, Amendment Q was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in South Dakota as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure permitted the state legislature to authorize roulette, keno, craps, limited card games and slot machines within the municipal limits of Deadwood in Lawrence County, South Dakota. Amendment Q was designed to continue to allocate all municipal revenues derived from casinos towards the Historic Restoration and Preservation of Deadwood. A sixty percent supermajority approval by local voters was no longer required under the amendment.	a	152,265 (57%)	116,326 (43%)
CISS	Measure 17	Insurance policy	Require health insurers to include all willing and qualified health care providers on their provider lists	a	166,401 (62%)	102,792 (38%)
CISS	Measure 18	Minimum wage laws	The South Dakota Increased Minimum Wage, Initiated Measure 18 was on the November 4, 2014 ballot in South Dakota as an initiated state statute, where it was approved.	a	150,819 (55%)	123,167 (45%)

2012

See also: South Dakota 2012 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment N	Salaries of government officials	Eliminate the fixed travel reimbursement rate	d	125,715 (37%)	215,675 (63%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment M	Business regulations; State legislative authority	Remove restrictions in the Constitution related to corporations	d	96,187 (30%)	228,720 (70%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment O	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding	Change the method for distributions from the cement plant trust fund	a	186,956 (57%)	142,410 (43%)
LRCA	Constitutional Amendment P	Balanced budget requirements	Include balanced budget requirements in the Constitution	a	215,659 (65%)	118,165 (35%)
CISS	Measure 15	Public health insurance; Public education funding; Sales taxes	Implement a 1% sales tax increase, from 4% to 5%, and place 20% of the revenue in the South Dakota Moving Forward Fund	d	151,498 (43%)	198,586 (57%)
VR	Referred Law 14	Public economic investment policy; Revenue allocation	Transfer 22% of contractors’ excise tax revenues from the state general fund to the Large Project Development Fund for economic development projects	d	139,751 (42%)	190,126 (58%)
VR	Referred Law 16	Higher education governance; Public school teachers and staff; Public education governance	Uphold or repeal a bill that would give bonuses to high performing teachers, ban tenure and recruit potential candidates for teaching jobs	d	114,590 (33%)	235,064 (67%)

2010

See also: South Dakota 2010 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment K	Election administration and governance; Constitutional rights; Collective bargaining	Authorize a vote by secret ballot in elections	a	241,896 (79%)	63,783 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment L	Restricted-use funds	Authorize a reduction of mandatory annual transfers from the cement plant trust fund to the state’s general fund	d	114,321 (41%)	167,594 (59%)
CISS	Initiative 13	Marijuana laws	Authorize the possession, use, and cultivation of marijuana for people registered with the South Dakota Department of Health	d	115,667 (37%)	199,552 (63%)
VR	Referendum 12	Smoking bans; Tobacco laws	Prohibit smoking tobacco products in certain public places and require violators to be informed of this ban	a	204,160 (64%)	113,011 (36%)

2008

See also: South Dakota 2008 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment G	Salaries of government officials	Repeal reimbursement restrictions for legislative members' travel to and from a legislative session	d	147,763 (41%)	211,413 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment H	Business regulations	Repeal restrictions on corporations, and allow corporations to issue stock and restrict cumulative voting	d	103,172 (31%)	229,985 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment I	State legislative processes and sessions	Establish the annual length of legislative session to a maximum of forty days	a	184,722 (52%)	167,751 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment J	State legislative term limits	Remove term limits for state legislators	d	87,380 (24%)	272,635 (76%)
CISS	Initiative 10	Campaign finance; Ethics rules and commissions; Open meetings and public information	Prohibit the use of tax funds for lobbying or campaigning, restrict government contractors and officials from political involvement, and require public disclosure of government contracts	d	127,040 (35%)	232,684 (65%)
CISS	Initiative 11	Abortion policy	Places restrictions on abortion	d	167,560 (45%)	206,535 (55%)
CISS	Initiative 9	Business regulations	Prohibit short sales of stocks and require a maximum of three business days to have securities delivered to the purchaser	d	146,872 (43%)	191,596 (57%)

2006

See also: South Dakota 2006 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment C	LGBTQ issues; Family-related policy	Amend the constitution to allow and recognize marriage only between a man and a woman		172,305 (52%)	160,152 (48%)
CICA	Amendment D	Property taxes	Establish that the taxable value of property is based on acquisition value	d	65,903 (20%)	260,375 (80%)
CICA	Amendment E	State judiciary oversight	Allow special grand jurors to penalize judges with fines, jail time, loss of insurance, and reduction of retirement benefits for violating rules set by the jurors	d	35,641 (11%)	294,734 (89%)
LRCA	Amendment F	State legislative term limits; Government continuity policy; State legislative processes and sessions	Remove legislative expense limits and term limits, restrict special laws, allow emergency powers during disasters, and require transparency for legislative sessions	d	103,026 (32%)	215,458 (68%)
CISS	Initiative 2	Public health insurance; Tobacco and cigarette taxes; Public education funding; Property taxes; Tobacco laws	Increase the tax on cigarettes and tobacco products	a	202,779 (61%)	130,757 (39%)
CISS	Initiative 3	Public education governance	Prohibit the first day of school to be before August 31st	d	140,487 (43%)	185,129 (57%)
CISS	Initiative 4	Marijuana laws	Allow certified individuals to grow, possess, and use limited amounts of medical marijuana for specified health conditions	d	157,953 (48%)	173,178 (52%)
CISS	Initiative 5	Administrative organization	Require aircraft owned or leased by the State to be used only for state business	a	180,592 (55%)	145,594 (45%)
CISS	Initiative 7	Gambling policy	Prohibit video lotteries	d	110,032 (33%)	222,889 (67%)
CISS	Initiative 8	Telecommunications infrastructure; Business taxes	Repeal a tax on gross receipts of wireless telecommunication services	d	129,851 (39%)	199,892 (61%)
VR	Referendum 6	Abortion policy	Prohibit any person from giving medicine to a pregnant woman or performing a procedure to carry out an abortion, except if it is to prevent the death of the pregnant woman. Outside of this scenario it is a felony.	d	148,648 (44%)	185,945 (56%)

2004

See also: South Dakota 2004 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	State judicial selection	Establish a system where judges are appointed by the Governor from commission nominees and must face periodic retention elections by voters in their circuit	d	138,368 (38%)	227,577 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment B	School choice policy; Public education governance	Allow the Legislature to authorize food and transportation services for all school-age children, including those in sectarian schools	d	173,650 (47%)	195,936 (53%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Food and beverage taxes; Sales taxes; Food policy	Exempt food from sales and use taxes	d	123,210 (33%)	255,855 (67%)

2002

See also: South Dakota 2002 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Criminal trials	Allow a criminal defendant to challenge the merits, validity, and applicability of the law	d	68,659 (22%)	246,097 (78%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Redistricting policy	Require the Legislature to adopt a new district apportionment plan if a court finds the current plan invalid	d	116,495 (38%)	187,242 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment C	State executive powers and duties	Revise the Governor's veto deadlines by excluding weekends and holidays from the five-day period and clarify when the fifteen-day period applies	a	166,969 (54%)	141,326 (46%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Agriculture policy; Marijuana laws	Legalize the cultivation, possession, processing, and sale of industrial hemp	d	119,990 (38%)	196,060 (62%)

June 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Agriculture policy; Business regulations	Repeal the 1998 corporate farming ban and replace it with less restrictive regulations	d	83,320 (46%)	97,755 (54%)

2001

See also: South Dakota 2001 ballot measures

April 10

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding; Revenue allocation	Establish a trust fund for the net proceeds of the sale of State Cement Plan	a	69,309 (79%)	18,657 (21%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding; State legislative vote requirements	Establish health care and education trust funds, limit use of their principal, and require a three-fourths legislative vote to repurpose the funds	a	63,484 (72%)	24,086 (28%)

2000

See also: South Dakota 2000 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	State legislative authority; Public education funding; Property tax exemptions	Allow the Legislature to create multiple classes of agricultural property for school taxation	a	167,117 (55%)	137,081 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process; Local government organization	Allow voters to combine or eliminate local government offices by majority vote	a	165,346 (55%)	133,780 (45%)
CICA	Amendment C	Property taxes	Repeal the state tax on inheritance, and prohibit the Legislature from enacting a tax on inheritance	a	251,316 (80%)	62,334 (20%)
CICA	Amendment D	Gambling policy	Repeal video lottery laws	d	146,428 (46%)	169,642 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding	Allow investment of state education funds in stocks, and limit legislative reimbursement to losses from unconstitutional acts	a	168,896 (56%)	132,181 (44%)
CISS	Initiative 1	Gambling policy	Raise the maximum bet limits for limited card games and slot machines in the city of Deadwood	a	161,249 (52%)	151,244 (48%)

1998

See also: South Dakota 1998 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment A	Public education funding; Property taxes	Prohibit the use of property taxes for public schools	d	56,957 (22%)	198,256 (78%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Revenue allocation	Allow the Legislature to create a joint committee with authority to approve funding transfers and change their purposes when the Legislature is not in session	d	81,976 (33%)	166,373 (67%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Ethics rules and commissions; State legislative authority	Remove conflict of interest rules for legislators	d	53,020 (21%)	194,689 (79%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Ballot measure process; Local government finance and taxes; Local government organization	Allow local voters to merge, eliminate, or jointly fund government offices or functions	d	121,880 (50%)	122,184 (50%)
CICA	Amendment E	Business regulations; Agriculture policy	Prohibit corporations from acquiring new farmland or engaging in new farming or livestock operations	a	149,470 (59%)	105,282 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment F	Property tax exemptions; Public education funding; State legislative authority	Allow the Legislature to create unlimited classes of agricultural property for school taxation	d	92,447 (38%)	153,230 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment G	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding	Allow the Investment Council to invest school and charitable funds in stocks	d	96,975 (39%)	150,907 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment H	Age limits for officials	Lower the minimum age for legislators and raise the minimum age for the Governor and lieutenant governor	a	150,680 (60%)	99,834 (40%)
VR	Referendum 2	Administrative organization	Refer a law that shifted unclaimed property oversight from the State Treasurer to the Secretary of Revenue	d	71,379 (29%)	174,790 (71%)

1996

See also: South Dakota 1996 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding	Transfer school fund investment duties to the State Investment Council and allow school funds to be invested as other state funds	a	191,771 (63%)	112,659 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Revenue and spending limits; State legislative vote requirements; Ballot measure supermajority requirements	Require a two-thirds majority vote of each branch of the Legislature to approve tax increases or new taxes	a	229,580 (74%)	79,493 (26%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 1	Congressional term limits; Election administration and governance	Require South Dakota’s congressional delegation to support term limits and label candidates on the ballot based on their stance	a	205,852 (68%)	98,696 (32%)

1994

See also: South Dakota 1994 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Agriculture policy; Property taxes	Allow the Legislature to require lessees of state agricultural lands to pay property taxes on their lease interests	a	176,751 (58%)	127,464 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Voting age policy	Allow 17-year-olds who will turn 18 by the November general election to vote in all elections held earlier that year	d	76,921 (25%)	228,444 (75%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Administrative organization; Restricted-use funds; Public education funding	Expand school fund investment options and transfer investment authority to the Commissioner of School and Public Lands	d	130,785 (44%)	168,232 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Age limits for officials; State legislative elections	Lower the minimum age to 18 for citizens seeking to be elected for state representative offices	d	51,458 (17%)	255,166 (83%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Gambling policy	Allow continued operation of the video lottery system despite a court ruling, discourage lawsuits against the state treasury, and prohibit private ownership expansion and statewide slot machines	a	165,185 (53%)	147,680 (47%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 1	Property taxes; Revenue and spending limits	Limit property tax assessments	d	152,048 (49%)	155,435 (51%)
VR	Referred Law 2	Vehicle and driver regulations	Require front seat occupants of vehicles to wear seat belts	a	158,705 (51%)	151,005 (49%)

1993

See also: South Dakota 1993 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Referendum 1	Gambling policy	Allow certain lodging establishments to have more gaming devices than other establishments, and increase the maximum bet limit	d	71,422 (44%)	89,106 (56%)

1992

See also: South Dakota 1992 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment A	State legislative term limits; Executive official term limits; Congressional term limits	Allow term limits for state representatives, state executives, and federal representatives	a	205,074 (64%)	117,702 (36%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 2	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; Business regulations; Mineral resources	Limit land disturbance by large-scale gold or silver mines, and require acre-for-acre reclamation for new and existing operations	a	189,683 (60%)	128,109 (40%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 3	Sales taxes	Prohibit state sale taxes on groceries, clothing, and utilities, but allow municipalities to tax those items	d	80,171 (25%)	235,871 (75%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 4	Gambling policy	Repeal all statutory provisions authorizing video lottery games	d	122,298 (37%)	207,607 (63%)
VR	Referendum 1	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy	Refer a law that approved "Lonetree" solid waste disposal facility, subject to the terms and conditions of its solid waste permits	d	93,556 (30%)	217,051 (70%)

1990

See also: South Dakota 1990 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Eminent domain policy; Public land policy	Allow the Legislature to decide how to dispose of land no longer used for railroads or highways when the original owner is deceased	d	104,973 (44%)	133,643 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Ethics rules and commissions; State legislative authority	Allow State Legislators to contract with the State or counties during and after their terms if the contract is awarded through competitive bidding	d	82,358 (35%)	152,175 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Public education funding; Income taxes; Property taxes	Prohibit the Legislature from enacting an income tax unless the revenue is dedicated to education and property tax replacement	d	114,215 (49%)	119,037 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment D	State legislative processes and sessions	Require a special legislative session to be convened if two-thirds of each house sign a petition stating its purpose	a	117,969 (52%)	110,468 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Revenue and spending limits; Property taxes	Limit real property tax revenue to 2% increase per year with limited exceptions	d	104,947 (45%)	126,940 (55%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 1	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; Utility policy	Require legislative approval for large-scale waste facilities	a	130,465 (53%)	115,894 (47%)
CISS	Initiated Measure 2	Mineral resources	Limit large-scale gold and silver mining in the Black Hills to 3,100 permitted acres, and require land trades or reclamation to add new acreage once the cap is reached	d	116,583 (47%)	129,824 (53%)

1988

See also: South Dakota 1988 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process	Allow initiated measures to go directly to the ballot with enough voter signatures	a	153,168 (52%)	140,188 (48%)
IndICA	Amendment B	Gambling policy	Authorize gambling in the city of Deadwood	a	191,745 (64%)	106,444 (36%)
IndICA	Amendment C	Property taxes; State legislative vote requirements; Revenue and spending limits	Revise limitations on property taxes	d	116,240 (39%)	184,452 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Corrections governance; Administrative organization	Abolish the Board of Charities and Corrections	a	171,282 (59%)	121,410 (41%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 1	Mineral resources	Require large-scale metallic mineral mines to restore land, treat waste, and meet environmental standards	d	123,738 (41%)	181,729 (59%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 3	Business regulations; Agriculture policy	Prohibit corporations, except family farm corporations, from operating hog confinement facilities and expand the definition of family farm corporations	a	178,955 (60%)	120,605 (40%)
IndISS	Initiative 2	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; Sales taxes; Mineral resources	Enact a 4% sales tax on metallic minerals from large-scale surface mines in South Dakota	d	105,859 (35%)	196,037 (65%)
VR	Referred Law 4	Utility policy; Business regulations; Telecommunications infrastructure	Revise the regulations on telecommunications companies from the Public Utilities Commission	a	161,173 (53%)	142,695 (47%)

1986

See also: South Dakota 1986 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	State executive powers and duties; State executive branch structure	Allow the Governor to establish the duties of the Lieutenant Governor	d	122,221 (46%)	144,976 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Gambling policy; Revenue allocation	Allow the Legislature to authorize and regulate a state lottery	a	163,005 (60%)	110,153 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment C	School choice policy; Public education funding	Authorize the loan of nonsectarian textbooks to children in nonpublic schools	a	148,813 (54%)	127,530 (46%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 1	State flags and symbols	Establish the legal observation of Memorial Day as the last Monday in May	a	164,732 (58%)	117,063 (42%)

1985

See also: South Dakota 1985 ballot measures

November 12

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRAQ	Question 1	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; Nuclear energy	Establish Dakota Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management	d	15,463 (17%)	76,295 (83%)

1984

See also: South Dakota 1984 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Administrative organization; State executive powers and duties; Public education governance	Combine the duties of the state treasurer and the commissioner of school and public lands	d	142,985 (50%)	143,276 (50%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 1	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; Nuclear energy	Require a statewide vote to allow nuclear waste disposal or join interstate disposal compacts	a	182,952 (62%)	112,161 (38%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 3	Nuclear weapons and missiles policy	Require South Dakota’s Governor to urge federal officials to seek a nuclear freeze	d	135,307 (48%)	148,705 (52%)
IndISS	Initiative 2	Public education governance	Prohibit the school board from setting the first day of the school year earlier than the first Tuesday of September	a	145,472 (50%)	144,908 (50%)

1982

See also: South Dakota 1982 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CICA	Amendment A	Redistricting policy; State legislative authority	Enact a new apportionment process with single or dual member district	a	122,704 (52%)	112,184 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Public education funding; Public land policy; State legislative authority	Revise the finds and establishment of interest rates for school land sales	a	130,637 (56%)	104,435 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment C	State legislative processes and sessions	Change the first day of the Legislative session to the second Tuesday of January	a	137,262 (58%)	99,001 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Gambling policy	Allow certain games of chance in the state	d	107,552 (42%)	147,146 (58%)

1980

See also: South Dakota 1980 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	State judicial selection	Revise appointment of Supreme Court Justices and circuit court judges	a	158,490 (54%)	135,062 (46%)
CICA	Amendment B	Revenue and spending limits; State legislative vote requirements; Property taxes	Limit property tax increases	d	113,863 (37%)	192,116 (63%)
CICA	Amendment C	State legislative authority; Initiative and referendum process; Ballot measure process	Limit the Legislature’s power to alter voter-initiated laws	d	126,181 (47%)	140,632 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Initiative and referendum process; State legislative vote requirements	Prohibit the Legislature from amending or repealing initiated or referred laws approved by the voters for seven years after the effective date of the law without two-thirds majority vote of each house of the Legislature	d	77,225 (35%)	140,406 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment E	State legislative processes and sessions	Change the legislative session lengths to alternate between forty and thirty-five days, and establish the start date to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January	a	156,630 (56%)	120,703 (44%)
IndISS	Initiative 1	Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; Mineral resources; Nuclear energy	Prohibit new uranium mining, nuclear waste storage, and nuclear power plant construction in South Dakota unless approved by both the State Department of Water and Natural Resources and a majority of state voters	d	146,381 (48%)	156,293 (52%)
VR	Referendum 1	Hunting regulations	Allow the hunting of mourning doves	a	182,180 (58%)	129,478 (42%)

1978

See also: South Dakota 1978 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Salaries of government officials; State legislative authority; State legislative processes and sessions	Set a forty legislative day session for the legislature and remove the allowance limitation for legislator travel reimbursement	d	104,367 (46%)	122,429 (54%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Public education funding; Restricted-use funds	Remove constitutional limits on how school and endowment funds are invested, and allow the Legislature to authorize more flexible and potentially higher-risk investments	d	106,461 (48%)	113,742 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Public land policy; Mineral resources	Preserve mineral rights in public lands	a	115,871 (53%)	104,264 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Tax and revenue administration; Ballot measure supermajority requirements; State legislative vote requirements	Require legislative approval or voter initiative with legislative approval to increase existing tax rates or levies	a	116,647 (53%)	103,621 (47%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 1	Utility policy	Restructure gas and electric rates to lower costs for basic usage and promote conservation by charging higher rates for excessive consumption	d	91,707 (39%)	140,899 (61%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 2	Agriculture policy; Business regulations; Administrative organization; Food policy	Repeal the Dairy Industry Marketing Act	a	120,813 (53%)	109,109 (47%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 3	Sexual content regulations	Revise obscenity laws and penalties	d	60,051 (25%)	176,152 (75%)

1976

See also: South Dakota 1976 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Constitutional wording changes	Amend the Preamble of the South Dakota Constitution	d	75,147 (29%)	183,548 (71%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Race and ethnicity issues; Constitutional wording changes; Constitutional rights; Sex and gender issues	Consolidate the Bill of Rights of the South Dakota Constitution	d	77,771 (30%)	179,963 (70%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Age limits for officials; State legislative processes and sessions; Constitutional rights	Revise the structure and powers of the Legislative branch	d	56,538 (22%)	198,447 (78%)
LRCA	Amendment D	State legislative authority; Local government organization	Repeal prohibition on Legislature from delegating powers to any special commission, private corporation, or association	d	45,100 (18%)	208,909 (82%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Mineral resources; Restricted-use funds; Public education funding; Public land policy	Revise the procedure for the sale and investment of school and public lands	d	66,287 (26%)	188,012 (74%)
LRCA	Amendment F	Constitutional wording changes; State legislative authority	Organize and delete sections of the Constitution	d	57,710 (23%)	194,039 (77%)

1974

See also: South Dakota 1974 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Initiative and referendum process; Redistricting policy; Impeachment rules; State legislative structure; State legislative authority; State legislative processes and sessions	Revise Legislative structure and powers	d	86,293 (38%)	138,590 (62%)
LRCA	Amendment B	State legislative elections; State legislative authority; Initiative and referendum process; State legislative structure; State legislative processes and sessions; Constitutional rights	Replace Article VII to guarantee free and equal elections, expand voting rights, remove outdated provisions, and clarify legislative authority over election laws	a	132,120 (60%)	88,524 (40%)

1972

See also: South Dakota 1972 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Voting age policy	Establish 18 as the minimum voting age	a	206,170 (73%)	75,765 (27%)
LRCA	Amendment B	State executive branch structure; Executive official term limits; Administrative organization; State executive powers and duties; State executive elections	Reduction of government and term limitations for state constitutional officers	a	182,248 (65%)	96,944 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment C	State judiciary oversight; State judicial selection; State judicial authority; State judiciary structure	Establish a Unified Court System	a	177,235 (66%)	89,358 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Local government organization	Expand home rule, allow the Legislature authority to organize local governments, and allow intergovernmental cooperation under legislative restrictions	a	152,474 (59%)	107,296 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Ballot measure process; Initiative and referendum process; State constitutional conventions	Establishes the initiated constitutional amendment process and other changes	a	173,541 (67%)	84,939 (33%)
IndISS	Initiative 1	Hunting regulations	Permit the hunting of mourning doves	d	96,103 (33%)	192,350 (67%)

1970

See also: South Dakota 1970 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Residency voting requirements	Reduce the residency requirements for elected officials in the state to 180 days	a	110,266 (54%)	92,354 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Initiative and referendum process	Revise the requirements and process for initiatives and referendums	d	58,605 (31%)	132,992 (69%)
LRCA	Amendment C	State judiciary oversight; State judicial selection; State judiciary structure	Allow retired judges to act in a judicial capacity after retirement	a	111,040 (57%)	82,980 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Gambling policy	Allow the Legislature to authorize games of chance when conducted by charitable organizations or donated to charitable causes	a	117,269 (59%)	81,746 (41%)
LRCA	Amendment E	State executive elections; State executive branch structure; Executive official term limits	Change the term lengths and limitations for state officers	d	94,108 (48%)	101,497 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment F	Voting age policy	Allow 19-year-olds to qualify as an elector	d	78,320 (40%)	117,367 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment G	Residency voting requirements	Allow new residents of South Dakota registered in another state to vote only for President and Vice President of the United States	a	115,292 (61%)	74,528 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment H	Public education funding; Public land policy	Revise procedures for managing school trust lands	d	65,189 (36%)	118,306 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment I	State legislative authority; Initiative and referendum process; Constitutional wording changes; Ballot measure process	Allow a single proposal to amend multiple Articles or Sections of the Constitution	d	69,459 (38%)	111,427 (62%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 2	Income taxes; Property tax exemptions	Enact an income tax and exemptions from personal property taxes	d	85,812 (39%)	134,410 (61%)
IndISS	Initiative 1	Drinking water systems	Repeal a 1969 state law that required publicly or privately owned municipal water supplies to add fluoride	d	104,430 (48%)	111,568 (52%)

1968

See also: South Dakota 1968 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Public education funding; Public land policy	Increase the limit of tracts offered in the sale of school lands to 640 acres	d	110,327 (48%)	118,202 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Bond issue requirements; Debt limits	Exclude bonds or leases from debt limitations and establish a higher debt limit	d	80,670 (37%)	138,153 (63%)
LRCA	Amendment C	State judicial selection; State judiciary structure; State judiciary oversight; Salaries of government officials	Allow retired judges to act in a judicial capacity after retirement	d	109,065 (49%)	113,398 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding; Revenue allocation	Allow the Legislature to sell U.S. bonds purchased with school and educational funds at a loss	a	116,403 (53%)	101,684 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment E	State executive branch structure; State executive elections; Administrative organization; Public education governance	Establish the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction as appointed offices	d	72,514 (33%)	148,618 (67%)
VR	Referred Law 1	Time standards	Disregard the observance of Daylight Savings Time in the state	d	108,712 (41%)	158,637 (59%)
VR	Referred Law 2	Public education governance	Establish a State Commission on Elementary and Secondary Education, and require statewide independent school districts that offer accredited school programs	a	120,336 (50%)	118,631 (50%)

1966

See also: South Dakota 1966 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Property taxes; Agriculture policy	Allow the Legislature to constitute all agricultural property as a separate class for taxation	a	92,235 (51%)	87,833 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Local government organization; Local government officials and elections	Remove the surveyor as a constitutional county officer, and allow counties the option to elect the county superintendent of schools	a	101,090 (56%)	78,499 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment C	State judiciary structure; State judicial selection	Establish county court districts in the state	a	105,554 (60%)	69,391 (40%)

1964

See also: South Dakota 1964 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment B	Ballot measure process	Repeal the mandatory 12 weeks publication requirements for the election of Amendments	d	117,317 (49%)	123,504 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Local government organization	Combine county offices into one elected position	a	120,998 (50%)	118,973 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Public education funding; Property taxes	Allow the Legislature to make all agricultural property a separate class for taxation to fund public schools	d	98,454 (43%)	132,235 (57%)
VR	Referred Law 1	American Indian issues; Civil trials; Criminal trials	Allow the state to have jurisdiction to enforce criminal and civil laws on Native American reservations	d	58,289 (22%)	201,389 (78%)
VR	Referred Law 2	Public assistance programs	Limit unemployment benefits based on earnings in a calendar quarter	d	107,515 (45%)	132,296 (55%)
VR	Referred Law 3	Voter registration	Establish a voting registration deadline of 20 days before an election	d	98,544 (41%)	140,199 (59%)

1962

See also: South Dakota 1962 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Eminent Domain Procedure Amendment	Eminent domain policy	Allow the state or other public bodies to take immediate possession of private property for public use	a	99,119 (50%)	97,456 (50%)
LRCA	Legislative Sessions Amendment	State legislative structure; State legislative processes and sessions	Establish annual legislative sessions of 45 days in odd-numbered years and 30 days in even-numbered years	a	101,548 (54%)	88,118 (46%)
LRCA	Municipal Home Rule Amendment	Local government organization	Allow municipalities to adopt a Home Rule Charter of government	a	95,737 (52%)	87,888 (48%)

1960

See also: South Dakota 1960 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendent D	Government continuity policy	Adopt measures to ensure government continuity in times of enemy attacks	a	165,290 (72%)	65,018 (28%)
LRCA	Amendment A	Local government officials and elections; Local official term limits; Local government organization	Allow all county officers to serve without term limit	a	133,954 (54%)	115,915 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Redistricting policy; State legislative structure	Prohibit dividing counties into multiple senatorial districts and limit each senatorial district to no more than two senators	d	112,573 (47%)	124,455 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Parole policy; Corrections governance	Establish the Board of Pardons and Paroles authority	a	131,185 (57%)	99,832 (43%)

1958

See also: South Dakota 1958 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Local government organization	Allow municipalities to adopt a Home Rule Charter government	d	94,599 (48%)	104,138 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Property tax exemptions	Require assessors to deduct land used for public highways on section lines and other property used exclusively for highway purposes from taxable land assessments	a	110,565 (55%)	89,347 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment C	State executive powers and duties; State executive elections; State executive branch structure	Establish a line of succession for the Governor's office	a	120,511 (61%)	76,628 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Voting age policy	Reduce the eligible voting age to 18	d	71,033 (34%)	137,942 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Residency voting requirements	Allow voters who move within the state to retain their right to vote in their previous precinct until they establish a new voting residence	a	127,541 (64%)	71,675 (36%)

1956

See also: South Dakota 1956 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
VR	Referred Law 1	Veterans policy	Expand Soldiers' Home authority, broaden eligibility, set financial and residency rules, and allow state liens for unpaid care	d	127,392 (49%)	132,475 (51%)
LRCA	Succession of County Officials Amendment	Local government officials and elections; Local official term limits	Allow county elected officials to serve two years in office and succeed themselves	d	128,447 (49%)	133,273 (51%)

1954

See also: South Dakota 1954 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Revenue allocation; Mineral resources; Public land policy; Public education funding	Require that money from leasing state lands for oil, gas, and minerals be distributed to public schools and state institutions based on the proportion of land originally granted to them	a	122,804 (66%)	64,431 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Debt limits; Property taxes	Limit the debt of local governments and school districts	a	96,370 (52%)	87,265 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Local official term limits; Local government officials and elections	Allow the Clerk of Courts, the Sheriff, and the County Superintendent of Schools to succeed themselves in office	a	97,059 (51%)	93,073 (49%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Property taxes; Agriculture policy	Allow the Legislature to establish classes of property for assessment taxation purposes	d	75,830 (44%)	96,499 (56%)

1952

See also: South Dakota 1952 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Voting age policy	Establish the legal voting age to be 18 years old	d	128,231 (50%)	128,916 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Criminal sentencing; Corrections governance; State executive powers and duties	Prevent the Governor from issuing pardons in certain cases without the recommendation of the Board of Pardons	d	110,213 (49%)	114,142 (51%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Public education funding; Local government finance and taxes; Restricted-use funds	Require that certain funds be invested solely by the Commissioner of School and Public Lands in specified government bonds	a	116,463 (51%)	112,290 (49%)

1950

See also: South Dakota 1950 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Redistricting policy; State legislative structure	Limit counties to two Senators during apportionment	d	92,512 (47%)	106,203 (53%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Debt limits; Public education funding; Property taxes	Limit the debt of any school district to 10% of the assessed value of property for taxes	d	75,191 (39%)	120,032 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Public education funding; Revenue allocation; Restricted-use funds	Transfer investment authority of educational funds from counties to the Commissioner of School and Public Lands	d	84,804 (45%)	104,960 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Local government officials and elections; Local official term limits	Allow the clerk of courts and county superintendent to be elected to multiple terms of office	d	83,505 (43%)	112,851 (57%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure 1	Alcohol laws	Prohibit the sale or possession of alcohol in any place that also sells items other than tobacco, tobacco products, and soft drinks	d	108,855 (44%)	138,959 (56%)

1948

See also: South Dakota 1948 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Redistricting policy; Census policy; State legislative structure	Require legislative reapportionment based on the census every ten years, effective in 1951	a	111,674 (62%)	69,402 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment B	State legislative elections; State executive branch structure; State executive powers and duties; State legislative authority	Allow the governor to fill vacancies in either house of the legislature	a	103,396 (57%)	78,505 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Agriculture policy; Public education funding; Public land policy	Allow school and public lands to be leased for agricultural purposes for up to five years	a	95,949 (53%)	85,378 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Property taxes; Firearms policy; Hunting regulations; Public land policy	Allow taxes on state public shooting areas	a	106,458 (60%)	71,942 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Veterans policy	Allow veterans who served in World War 2 to receive a veterans' bonus	a	120,462 (61%)	76,636 (39%)
IndISS	Initiated Measure	Alcohol laws	Prohibit the sale or possession of alcoholic beverages in any location where commodities other than tobacco, tobacco products, or soft drinks are sold	d	110,017 (46%)	127,615 (54%)
VR	Referred Law	Alcohol laws	Regulate the sale of liquor by its age and container size	d	106,271 (47%)	119,743 (53%)

1946

See also: South Dakota 1946 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	State legislative authority; Salaries of government officials; State executive powers and duties	Allow the Legislature by a two-thirds majority vote to fix the salary of Constitutional officers	a	86,496 (64%)	48,911 (36%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Right-to-work laws	Include the right to work in the Bill of Rights	a	93,035 (70%)	39,257 (30%)
LRCA	Amendment C	State legislative processes and sessions	Require every bill to be read twice during the legislative process	a	85,975 (69%)	39,404 (31%)
VR	Referred Law	Healthcare governance	Require healthcare institutions to operate with a license authorized by the State Board of Health	a	89,638 (63%)	52,316 (37%)

1944

See also: South Dakota 1944 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Public education funding; Public economic investment policy	Restrict loans on educational funds to one-third of value	d	77,021 (45%)	92,842 (55%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Administrative organization; Public education governance	Establish State Charitable and Penal Institutions and a state-appointed board to oversee educational institutions	a	86,392 (54%)	72,253 (46%)

1942

See also: South Dakota 1942 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Salaries of government officials	Increase the salaries of the Governor, judges, and other specific officers	d	55,773 (40%)	84,920 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Public education funding; Restricted-use funds	Change the investment restrictions on permanent school funds	d	40,951 (32%)	85,907 (68%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Revenue allocation; Public land policy; Public education funding; Property taxes	Fund school districts from endowment land lease money in proportion to school tax	d	44,508 (36%)	77,922 (64%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Revenue allocation; Public education funding; Public land policy	Require income from leased Permanent School Fund lands to be distributed to school districts as if taxed, with the remainder shared statewide for public schools	d	43,009 (35%)	80,556 (65%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Salaries of government officials; State judiciary oversight; State judiciary structure	Increase the annual salary of Supreme Court Judges	d	39,969 (32%)	85,206 (68%)
VR	State Oil and Gas Board and Regulations Referendum	Fossil fuel energy; Pollution, waste, and recycling policy; Administrative organization	Create a State Oil and Gas Board to regulate oil and gas production, including waste	d	66,585 (50%)	67,038 (50%)

1940

See also: South Dakota 1940 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Highways and bridges; Vehicle and driver regulations; Fuel taxes	Require proceeds from gas taxes and vehicle registration fees be used to fund highway construction and maintenance	a	142,782 (57%)	109,259 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment B	State legislative elections; State legislative authority; State executive powers and duties	Allow the Governor to appoint a person to the Legislature to fill a vacancy	d	97,748 (41%)	140,564 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Public education funding; Local government finance and taxes	Require that permanent school and educational funds be invested in secure assets such as first mortgages on South Dakota farmland and certain government bonds	d	93,013 (38%)	149,486 (62%)
VR	Referred Law	Administrative organization; Public assistance programs	Abolish the Unemployment Compensation Commission	d	117,722 (49%)	121,786 (51%)

1938

See also: South Dakota 1938 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	State legislative structure; Redistricting policy	Require an apportionment of the Legislature after the 1945 census, and increase the number of members in the Legislature	d	60,428 (27%)	166,326 (73%)
VR	Unemployment Compensation Commission Referendum	Local government organization	Abolish the Unemployment Compensation Commission and establish the Office of Unemployment Compensation Commissioner to assume its responsibilities	d	106,493 (47%)	118,007 (53%)

1936

See also: South Dakota 1936 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	State legislative structure; Redistricting policy	Reduce the size limits of the House of Representatives and Senate, and requiring population counts every ten years starting in 1935	a	125,597 (57%)	92,961 (43%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Executive official term limits	Limit the State Treasurer to serving two consecutive terms, and establish the election of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as a non-partisan office	a	137,247 (62%)	82,611 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Local official term limits	Establish the office of County Superintendent as non-partisan, and allow the Superintendent and Clerk of Courts to serve succeeding terms	a	134,836 (62%)	82,647 (38%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Debt limits	Remove counties' authority for rural credit program, and eliminate the state's debt limit exception for rural credits	a	109,703 (54%)	94,571 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Business regulations; Banking policy	Exempt shareholders of state banks from personal liability if federal law exempts national bank shareholders and the state bank is a member of the FDIC	a	109,154 (53%)	96,760 (47%)

1934

See also: South Dakota 1934 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Debt limits	Prohibit the state from extending credit or engaging in new works of internal improvement, except for highways	d	113,717 (48%)	121,918 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Alcohol laws	Repeal prohibition in the state	a	142,853 (57%)	108,648 (43%)
VR	Referred Law 1	Railways; Local government organization	Abolish the Railroad Commission, and establish and transfer its duties to the Utility Commission	d	106,844 (40%)	157,836 (60%)

1932

See also: South Dakota 1932 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Local official term limits	Allow the Superintendent of Schools to be re-elected for more than a four year term	d	98,033 (41%)	138,684 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment B	State legislative authority; Salaries of government officials	Allow the Legislature to determine the salaries of state officers	d	106,585 (50%)	108,184 (50%)
VR	Referred Law 1	Public education governance	Change Normal Schools to Teachers' Colleges	d	86,253 (37%)	147,303 (63%)
VR	Referred Law 2	Food policy; Food and beverage taxes	Enact a $0.10 per pound tax on butter substitutes	a	152,638 (64%)	84,750 (36%)

1930

See also: South Dakota 1930 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Criminal sentencing	Allow a person to be suspended of their sentence if it is their first conviction	a	81,697 (52%)	76,358 (48%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Local government finance and taxes; Public education funding	Require that all interest, income, and fines from state law violations are used exclusively for the benefit of public schools	a	88,092 (56%)	68,434 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Public education funding; Property taxes	Allow the Legislature to classify property for school taxation	a	81,870 (54%)	69,414 (46%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Property taxes	Allow local taxing districts to tax rural credit lands	a	101,527 (65%)	55,100 (35%)
LRCA	Amendment E	State legislative authority; Salaries of government officials	Allow the Legislature to determine the salaries for state officers	d	67,165 (45%)	81,797 (55%)
VR	Referred Law	Fees, licenses, and charges; Vehicle and driver regulations; Transportation taxes and fees	Enact a registration tax on motor vehicles	d	46,109 (24%)	142,425 (76%)

1926

See also: South Dakota 1926 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Salaries of government officials	Increase the salaries of state officials, and prohibit certain current expense allowances for state officers	d	55,670 (32%)	117,866 (68%)
VR	Referred Law 1	Business regulations; Banking policy; Restricted-use funds	Repeal depositors guarantee fund	d	79,823 (45%)	95,830 (55%)

1924

See also: South Dakota 1924 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCCQ	Constitutional Convention Question	State constitutional conventions	Convene a Constitutional Convention	d	60,235 (34%)	117,086 (66%)
VR	Referred Law 1	Local government organization; State judiciary structure	Organize several unorganized counties, and require Tripp County to obtain and maintain official records from Todd County	d	68,463 (43%)	89,440 (57%)
VR	Referred Law 2	State judicial selection; State judiciary structure	Establish the nomination and election process for Supreme, Circuit, and County Court judges, and require candidates to file a written declaration of qualification	d	54,966 (35%)	102,339 (65%)
VR	Referred Law 3	Initiative and referendum process; Primary election systems	Revise the primary and initiative election process	d	54,163 (35%)	102,240 (65%)
VR	Referred Law 4	Agriculture policy; Business regulations	Revise public warehouse laws	d	45,974 (30%)	107,859 (70%)

1922

See also: South Dakota 1922 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Salaries of government officials; State legislative authority	Allow the Legislature to set salaries of state officials, and prohibit certain current expense allowances granted to State officers	d	41,343 (27%)	110,215 (73%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Initiative and referendum process	Increase the number of petition signatures for the initiative and referendum process	d	49,019 (34%)	96,201 (66%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Local government organization	Allow the Legislature to organize counties	d	30,110 (21%)	113,170 (79%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Local government finance and taxes	Allow the Legislature to grant municipal and other local authorities the power to levy uniform taxes and special assessments for local improvements, including protecting riverbank lands from erosion or flooding	d	33,937 (24%)	106,144 (76%)
IndISS	Initiative 1	Hydroelectric energy; Energy transmission projects	Construct and maintain state hydro-electric power plans and transmission systems	d	55,563 (34%)	106,409 (66%)
IndISS	Referred Law 2	Law enforcement officers and departments	Abolish the state constabulary	d	64,221 (40%)	96,241 (60%)
IndISS	Referred Law 4	Banking policy	Allow the state to establish a state owned bank	d	33,032 (21%)	122,807 (79%)
IndISS	Referred Law 5	Public education governance	Relocate the state university from Vermillion to Sioux Falls	d	11,863 (8%)	141,973 (92%)
IndISS	Referred Law 5	Business regulations; Sunday regulations	Prohibit theater performances on Sundays	d	56,320 (36%)	99,848 (64%)

1920

See also: South Dakota 1920 ballot measures

November 2

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Salaries of government officials	Allow the Legislature to determine state officers' salaries and prohibit expense allowances for state officers	d	70,831 (48%)	77,987 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment B	Corrections governance; Local government organization	Replace State Board of Charities and Corrections with a State Board of Control	d	60,763 (44%)	77,285 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Debt limits; Railways	Allow cities to incur debt to construct and maintain street railways and lighting	d	66,734 (48%)	72,226 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Housing development funding	Establish a state system of credit for assisting in home construction	a	80,062 (56%)	61,674 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment E	Veterans policy	Provide a bonus to soldiers who honorably served in the United States Army	a	93,459 (62%)	56,366 (38%)
VR	Referred Law 1	Alcohol laws	Amend prohibition laws	d	75,860 (47%)	86,986 (53%)
IndISS	Referred Law 2	Primary election systems	Establish primary elections for party nominations, delegate and committeeman selection, penalties for violations, and registration procedures	d	65,107 (44%)	82,012 (56%)

1918

See also: South Dakota 1918 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment A	Income taxes	Enact a graduated individual income tax	a	50,970 (67%)	25,047 (33%)
LRCA	Amendment B	State judicial selection	Allow the Legislature to select a replacement judge for the Supreme Court when a judge is disqualified from the proceedings	a	41,646 (63%)	24,778 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment C	Public land policy	Reduce the down payment on the sales of school lands	a	45,809 (68%)	21,855 (32%)
LRCA	Amendment D	Salaries of government officials	Increase the salaries of state officials	d	26,784 (39%)	42,779 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment F	Fossil fuel energy; Mineral resources; Business regulations	Allow the state mine, distribute, and sell coal	a	40,632 (61%)	25,922 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment G	Debt limits	Allow the state to incur debt for internal improvement	a	42,097 (63%)	24,424 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment H	Debt limits	Allow the state to incur debt for internal improvement	a	34,821 (56%)	27,886 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment I	Hydroelectric energy	Allow the state to develop and provide water power	a	41,658 (63%)	24,429 (37%)
LRCA	Amendment J	Business regulations	Allow the state to produce and sell cement	a	38,108 (60%)	25,702 (40%)
LRCA	Amendment K	Agriculture policy; Storm infrastructure; Property taxes; Insurance policy	Declare hail insurance a public purpose and allow the Legislature to levy assessments on agricultural land to provide hail insurance	a	41,162 (61%)	25,896 (39%)
LRCA	Amendment L	Agriculture policy; Business regulations	Allow the state to construct and maintain grain elevators and warehouses and to do business with the flour and meat-packing business.	a	41,292 (62%)	25,545 (38%)
IndISS	Initiated Law 1	Election administration and governance; Primary election systems	Decrease the cost of primary elections, and hold government parties more accountable	a	47,891 (58%)	34,705 (42%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	a	49,318 (63%)	28,934 (37%)

1916

See also: South Dakota 1916 ballot measures

November 7

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendent 3	Business taxes; Property taxes; Income taxes	Revise Article XI on revenue and finance	d	43,793 (44%)	55,568 (56%)
LRCA	Amendment 1	Fossil fuel energy; Highways and bridges	Allow the state to construct and maintain roads and supply coal from state lands	a	75,922 (69%)	33,521 (31%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Water irrigation policy	Allow the legislature to establish irrigation districts and fund irrigation of agricultural land through special assessments on the benefitted land	a	58,775 (57%)	44,238 (43%)
IndISS	Amendment 4	Banking policy	Establish a Department of Banking and Finance	d	47,715 (48%)	52,205 (52%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Property taxes	Allow the state or counties to establish a rural credit system allowing loans and credit to residents based on real estate security	a	57,569 (58%)	41,957 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	State constitutional conventions	Call a constitutional convention to revise the state constitution and reduce the number of convention members to match the number of state senators	d	35,377 (39%)	56,432 (61%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	Alcohol laws	Prohibit the production and sale of alcohol	a	65,334 (55%)	53,380 (45%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Public education funding; Public land policy	Remove five-year lease limits on school lands	d	41,379 (40%)	61,798 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 9	Salaries of government officials	Allow the legislature to determine the salaries of state officials by a two-thirds vote	d	39,169 (39%)	61,223 (61%)
IndISS	Referred Law 1	Primary election systems	Regulate political party transactions to simplify primary elections, ensure party accountability to the people, and reduce election costs	d	52,410 (50%)	52,733 (50%)
VR	Referred Law 2	Alcohol laws; Business regulations	Regulate the issuance of permits for the sale of intoxicating liquors by calling an election on the matter through a petition process	d	49,174 (47%)	54,422 (53%)
VR	Referred Law 5	Jury rules	Require a five-sixths jury verdict in civil trials	d	49,601 (49%)	51,529 (51%)
IndISS	State Banking Board Initiative	Banking policy; Administrative organization	Create a state banking board	d	47,925 (49%)	50,226 (51%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Women's suffrage; Sex and gender issues	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	53,432 (48%)	58,350 (52%)

1914

See also: South Dakota 1914 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 2	Property taxes	Reduce interest on the purchase of school lands	a	45,554 (56%)	35,102 (44%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Local official term limits	Remove term limits of the clerk of the court and superintendent of schools	d	32,092 (41%)	45,733 (59%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Election administration and governance; Initiative and referendum process	Allow the people to initiate or refer laws to a public vote, with a 5% threshold of electors to invoke such actions	d	28,226 (40%)	43,162 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 5	Local government organization	Establish that state institutions, including the soldiers’ home, are governed by a state board of control, while the educational functions of public universities and schools are overseen by a board of regents	d	29,601 (40%)	44,107 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 6	State legislative elections; State legislative structure; State legislative term limits	Increase the legislative term to four years	d	29,746 (40%)	45,051 (60%)
LRCA	Amendment 7	State judicial selection; State judiciary structure	Allow the temporary appointment of replacement Supreme Court judges when a judge is disqualified from a specific case	d	36,317 (50%)	36,543 (50%)
LRCA	Amendment 8	Water irrigation policy; Agriculture policy	Declare the irrigation of agricultural lands a public purpose	d	32,958 (45%)	40,457 (55%)
CISS	Coffey Primary Election Law Measure	Primary election systems	Repeal and replace the Richard's Primary Law, which was an initiative approved by voters in 1912	d	37,106 (45%)	44,679 (55%)
LRCCQ	Proposing a Constitutional Convention	State constitutional conventions	Call for a Constitutional Convention	d	34,832 (40%)	51,585 (60%)
IndISS	Referred Law 1	Alcohol laws; Local government organization	Allow the sale of alcohol in retail stores	d	38,000 (42%)	51,779 (58%)
VR	Referred Law 3	Public education governance	Establish that the school shall provide comprehensive instruction in manual training, teaching, industrial and mechanical trades, arts, sciences, and related fields	d	27,538 (36%)	49,382 (64%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Women's suffrage; Sex and gender issues	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	39,605 (43%)	51,519 (57%)

1912

See also: South Dakota 1912 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Business taxes	Establish uniform taxation of corporations	a	70,686 (69%)	31,110 (31%)
IndISS	Measure 1	Primary election systems	Establish regulation of political party transactions	a	58,139 (64%)	33,256 (36%)
VR	Measure 2	Railways; Business regulations	Require headlights on locomotives	a	93,136 (82%)	20,523 (18%)
VR	Measure 3	Tort law; Animal treatment laws	Require damages for trespass of animals	a	56,782 (65%)	30,643 (35%)
VR	Measure 4	Local government officials and elections	Establish a process for removing county seats	a	49,373 (64%)	27,179 (36%)

1910

See also: South Dakota 1910 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Attorney General's Salary Amendment	Salaries of government officials; State executive powers and duties	Allow the Legislature to determine the salary of the Attorney General at its biennial sessions	d	35,932 (41%)	52,397 (59%)
LRCA	Change State Tax Structure Amendment	Public education funding; Restricted-use funds	Create a permanent fund to support South Dakota public schools	d	29,830 (36%)	52,943 (64%)
VR	Congressional Districts Creation Referendum	Redistricting policy	Divide South Dakota into two congressional districts	d	26,918 (36%)	48,883 (64%)
LRCA	Debt Limit for Water and Sewage Amendment	Water irrigation policy; Sewage and stormwater; Debt limits	Prohibit a municipality from incurring debt greater than 10% of the assessed value of taxable property for the purpose of providing a water and sewer system	d	32,613 (38%)	52,243 (62%)
LRCA	Electoral Approval of New Institutions Amendment	Administrative organization; Local government organization	Require a majority vote approval of qualified electors to establish new state institutions	d	36,128 (43%)	47,625 (57%)
VR	Embalmer Licensing Referendum	Healthcare governance	Require a license from the State Board of Health to practice embalming and an official shipping permit to transport a corpse	d	34,560 (41%)	49,496 (59%)
VR	Headlights on Locomotives Required Referendum	Railways; Business regulations	Require all railway corporations to install headlights on their locomotives	d	37,914 (43%)	49,938 (57%)
VR	Removal of State and Local Officers Referendum	State executive powers and duties	Allow the governor to remove or suspend elected officials not liable to impeachment in cases of misconduct	d	32,160 (38%)	52,152 (62%)
LRCA	School Land Use Amendment	Public land policy	Allow public school lands to be used for pasturage, meadow, farming, grain cultivation, and general agricultural purposes	a	48,152 (52%)	44,220 (48%)
VR	State Militia Organization Referendum	State National Guard and militia	Establish the National Guard and Militia of South Dakota	d	17,852 (24%)	57,440 (76%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Women's suffrage; Sex and gender issues	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	35,290 (38%)	57,709 (62%)

1908

See also: South Dakota 1908 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Attorney General's Salary Amendment	Salaries of government officials; State executive powers and duties	Establish that the Attorney General shall receive the same salary as other state officers	d	43,908 (46%)	52,437 (54%)
VR	Divorce Settlement Referendum	Family-related policy	Set residency requirements and procedures for filing divorce in South Dakota	a	60,211 (61%)	38,794 (39%)
IndISS	Local Liquor Option Initiative	Alcohol laws; Business regulations	Regulate the manufacturing and sale of alcohol	d	39,075 (49%)	41,405 (51%)
VR	Prohibit Sunday Performance Referendum	Sunday regulations	Prohibit theatrical and other performances on Sundays	a	48,368 (50%)	48,006 (50%)
VR	Protection of Quail Referendum	Hunting regulations	Prohibit shooting, killing, catching, capturing or destroying any quail before October 1, 1912, and prohibit taking, molesting or destroying the nest or eggs of the birds	a	65,340 (67%)	32,274 (33%)
LRCA	Revise Taxation Articles Amendment	Tax and revenue administration; Debt limits	Establish uniform taxation laws and financial procedures, and restrict public debt	d	34,915 (42%)	47,732 (58%)

1906

See also: South Dakota 1906 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Assessments for Agricultural Drainage Amendment	Agriculture policy; Water irrigation policy	Recognize agricultural land drainage as a public purpose, and allow the legislature to fund and organize drainage projects and districts	a	31,151 (62%)	18,799 (38%)
LRCA	Municipal Courts in Larger Cities Amendment	Local government organization; State judiciary structure	Allow the Legislature to establish municipal courts, as an alternative to police magistrates, in cities with a population greater than 5,000 inhabitants	a	29,417 (61%)	18,755 (39%)
LRCA	Superintendent of Schools Qualifications Amendment	Public education governance; State legislative authority	Allow the legislature to set extra qualifications for superintendents of schools	a	35,806 (69%)	15,971 (31%)
LRCA	Twine Plant at Penitentiary Amendment	Prison work regulations; Prison and jail funding; Property taxes	Allow the Legislature to levy a tax to establish and maintain a hard fiber twine and forage plant at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls, South Dakota	a	33,285 (63%)	19,895 (37%)

1904

See also: South Dakota 1904 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Attorney General's Salary Amendment	Salaries of government officials; State executive powers and duties	Establish the attorney general's salary as the same of other state officers	d	32,328 (42%)	43,974 (58%)
LRCA	Investment of School Money Amendment	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding	Allow investment of school funds in farm mortgages and government bonds at a minimum 5% interest	a	38,681 (64%)	21,424 (36%)
LRCA	Seat of Government Amendment	State capitals	Establish the seat of government of the state of South Dakota as the City of Mitchell in Davison County	d	41,155 (41%)	58,617 (59%)

1902

See also: South Dakota 1902 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Location of County Seats Amendment	Local government organization	Allow a county seat to be changed by a two-thirds vote at a general election, or by a three-fifths vote if moving it to a railroad station	a	36,436 (71%)	14,612 (29%)
LRCA	Lower Interest Rate on School Funds Amendment	Public education funding; Restricted-use funds	Decrease the interest rate on investments of the permanent school and education funds from six percent to five percent per year	a	46,472 (84%)	9,001 (16%)
LRCA	Municipal Debt Limits for Water, Street Railways and Lighting Amendment	Sewage and stormwater; Drinking water systems; Debt limits	Allow local governments to increase the debt limit for water and sewer systems and street lights with a majority electoral vote	a	32,810 (71%)	13,599 (29%)

1900

See also: South Dakota 1900 ballot measures

November 6

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Investment of School Funds by Counties Amendment	Restricted-use funds; Public education funding	Require counties in the state to invest in the Permanent School and Endowment Funds in public bonds or first mortgages on local improved farmland	a	49,989 (76%)	15,653 (24%)
LRCA	Repeal of State Control Liquor Amendment	Alcohol laws; Business regulations	Repeal state jurisdiction over the manufacture and sale of alcohol	a	48,673 (59%)	33,927 (41%)

1898

See also: South Dakota 1898 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Initiative and Referendum Process Amendment	Initiative and referendum process	Provides for the initiative and referendum process in the state constitution	a	23,816 (59%)	16,483 (41%)
LRCA	State Control of Liquor Amendment	Alcohol laws; Business regulations	Establish the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors to be under state jurisdiction	a	22,170 (52%)	20,557 (48%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	19,698 (46%)	22,983 (54%)

1896

See also: South Dakota 1896 ballot measures

November 3

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Abolish Regents' Board of Trustees Amendment	Public education governance; Higher education governance	Repeal the Regents' Board of Trustees and establish an appointed board to govern all state educational institutions	a	31,061 (72%)	11,960 (28%)
LRCA	Civil Township Debt Limit Amendment	Debt limits	Limit local government debt, with exceptions for water projects with voter approval	a	28,290 (66%)	14,789 (34%)
LRCA	Prohibition of Monopolies Amendment	Business regulations	Prohibit monopolies and anti-competitive agreements that fix prices, limit production, or regulate transportation to suppress competition	a	36,763 (80%)	9,136 (20%)
LRCA	Prohibition Repeal Amendment	Alcohol laws	Repeal prohibition on alcohol	a	31,901 (56%)	24,901 (44%)

1894

See also: South Dakota 1894 ballot measures

November 5

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Homesteads Exempt from Court Orders Amendment	Banking policy; Civil trials	Require the legislature to define by law the value and size of homesteads exempt from court-ordered seizure or sale, with exceptions, and to provide an exemption for a reasonable amount of personal property	d	10,733 (27%)	29,315 (73%)
LRCA	Superintendent of Schools Successive Term Limit Amendment	Public education governance; Local official term limits	Allow the Superintendent of Schools to hold office for more than four years in succession	d	11,241 (29%)	27,705 (71%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage in School Affairs Amendment	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provides for women's suffrage in elections related to school affairs	d	17,010 (43%)	22,682 (57%)

1892

See also: South Dakota 1892 ballot measures

November 8

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Mileage Allowance Amendment	Salaries of government officials	Reduce members of the Legislatures travel allowance to $0.05 per mile	a	39,364 (78%)	11,236 (22%)

1890

See also: South Dakota 1890 ballot measures

November 4

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Native American Suffrage Amendment	Race and ethnicity issues; American Indian issues; Race and suffrage	Prohibit Native Americans who sustain tribal relations, receive support from the United States government, or hold untaxable land from voting in elections held under the state constitution	d	29,053 (43%)	38,362 (57%)
LRCA	State Debt Limit Amendment	Debt limits	Limit debts to $500,000 for extraordinary expenses, public improvements, or revenue shortfalls	d	15,787 (24%)	50,742 (76%)
LRCA	Women's Suffrage Amendment	Sex and gender issues; Women's suffrage	Provide for women's suffrage in state constitution	d	22,972 (33%)	45,682 (67%)

1889

See also: South Dakota 1889 ballot measures

October 1

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
CCRCA	Constitutional Ratification Measure	State constitution ratification	Ratify the 1889 Constitution that was decided at the constitutional convention	a	70,131 (96%)	3,267 (4%)
CCRCA	Prohibition of Alcohol Measure	Alcohol laws	Support the prohibition on alcohol	a	40,231 (54%)	34,510 (46%)

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