South Dakota Amendment A, Legislative Reapportionment Measure (1948)

South Dakota Amendment A
Election date November 2, 1948
Topic Census policy and Redistricting policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

South Dakota Amendment A was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in South Dakota on November 2, 1948. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported requiring legislative reapportionment based on the census every ten years, effective in 1951.

A "no" vote opposed requiring legislative reapportionment based on the census every ten years, effective in 1951.

Election results

South Dakota Amendment A
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		111,674	61.67%
No		69,402	38.33%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment A was as follows:

“

A JOINT RESOLUTION, Proposing An Amendment and Agreeing to Section 5 of Article III of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, Relating to Legislative Apportionment and Submitting the Same to a Vote to Electors of this State.

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the South Dakota Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the South Dakota State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 36 votes in the South Dakota House of Representatives and 18 votes in the South Dakota State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1948 Measures

• 1948 Measures
• State legislative structure on the ballot
• Census policy on the ballot
• Redistricting policy on the ballot
• 1948 legislative sessions

South Dakota

• South Dakota ballot measures
• South Dakota ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• South Dakota Political Almanac, 1890-2012 Ballot Measure Results