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2026 South Dakota Ballot Measures

State

Year

Issue Category

Labor Unions

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 2, 2010	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment K: An Amendment to Article VI of the South Dakota Constitution Relating to the Right of Individuals to Vote by Secret Ballot	Passed

Legislative Branch

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment J: Eliminate term limits for legislators	Failed
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment I: Provide for a maximum of forty legislative days each year.	Passed
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment G: Repeal certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session.	Failed
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment N: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Repealing Certain Reimbursement Restrictions for Travel by Legislators to and from a Legislative Session	Failed
Nov. 8, 2016	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment T: An Initiated Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to Provide for State Legislative Redistricting by a Commission	Failed
Nov. 6, 2018	South Dakota	Constitutional Amendment W: An initiated amendment to the South Dakota Constitution changing campaign finance and lobbying laws, creating a government accountability board, and changing certain initiative and referendum provisions.	Failed

Unemployed and Low-Income

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 6, 2012	South Dakota	Initiative Measure 15: An Initiated Measure to Increase State General Sales and Use Taxes for Additional K-12 Public Education and Medicaid Funding	Failed
Nov. 4, 2014	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 18: An Initiated Measure to Increase the State Minimum Wage	Passed

Women

Election Date	State	Title	Outcome
Nov. 4, 2008	South Dakota	Initiated Measure 11: Reinstate Prohibition Against Abortion	Failed