The South Dakota Attorney General’s Office has released the final ballot explanation for a Constitutional Amendment proposed by the State Legislature that would require any future proposed Constitutional Amendment or Revision receive an affirmative vote of at least 60 percent of the votes cast to be approved. The proposed amendment will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.
Attorney General Marty Jackley takes no position on any such proposal for purposes of the ballot explanation. As required by law, he has provided a fair and neutral explanation on the initiated Constitutional Amendment to help assist the voters as required by state law. The sponsors of the proposed Constitutional Amendment were Rep. John Hughes and Sen. Sue Peterson which was approved by the 2025 South Dakota Legislature.
The Attorney General’s explanation was finalized after a review of all the comments received during the 10-day comment period on the Attorney General’s draft explanation. Two comments were received by the deadline.
Language for the final initiated ballot measure explanation can be found here.
For more information regarding ballot measures, please visit the Secretary of State’s website.
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