South Dakota Amendment A, Terms of Superintendents of Schools Measure (1932)

South Dakota Amendment A
Election date November 8, 1932
Topic Local official term limits
Status Defeated
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 8, 1932. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported allowing the Superintendent of Schools to be re-elected for more than a four year term.

A "no" vote opposed allowing the Superintendent of Schools to be re-elected for more than a four year term.

Election results

South Dakota Amendment A
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		98,033	41.41%
No		138,684	58.59%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment A was as follows:

“

A joint resolution, proposing and agreeing to an amendment to Section 5 of Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, which amendment would provide for removing the limitation on the eligibility of the Superintendent of Schools for re-election for more than four years in succession.

”

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

1932 Measures

• 1932 Measures
• Local official term limits on the ballot
• 1932 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