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South Dakota Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Initiative (2020)
| South Dakota Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Initiative | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Alcohol | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The South Dakota Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages Initiative was not on the ballot in South Dakota as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 3, 2020.
The measure would have allowed facilities of legal games of chance to serve or allow alcoholic beverages to be consumed at any time, thereby removing the requirement that alcoholic beverages not be served or consumed on such premises between 2 a.m. to 7 a.m.[1]
Text of measure
The legislative research council's comments along with the full text of the measure can be found here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In South Dakota, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election. Signatures must be submitted by the first Tuesday of May during a general election year.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 16,961 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was November 4, 2019.
Once the signatures have been gathered and filed, the secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method.
Details about this initiative
- The legislative research council provided comments to the sponsor on April 19, 2019.[1]
- This measure was withdrawn on June 28, 2019.[2]
See also
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Footnotes
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