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Our call — vote YES
The measure
Constitutional Amendment L is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It would require a 60% supermajority of voters to approve constitutional amendments in South Dakota, where today a simple majority (50% plus one) can amend the state constitution, including citizen-initiated amendments.
What YES does
A YES vote raises the bar for every future constitutional amendment to 60% — including this style of measure itself in the future — so the state's fundamental law changes only on broad consensus.
What NO does
A NO vote keeps simple-majority amendment, leaving the constitution changeable by any campaign that reaches 50% plus one in a single election.
The math
No fiscal effect was published in the sources consulted. The amendment sets a vote threshold and spends nothing.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
A constitution is not a statute. When 50% plus one can rewrite the fundamental law on one November night — often on out-of-state money and a thirty-second ad — the document stops being a restraint and becomes a scoreboard. Sixty percent is still fully achievable for measures South Dakotans actually agree on. Protect the constitution from bare-majority weather.
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Sources: Ballotpedia, 2026 ballot measures (ballotpedia.org/2026_ballot_measures) — Amendment L summary; South Dakota Attorney General ballot explanation for Amendment L (2026).
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
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