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South Dakota Constitutional Amendment L

Sixty percent to approve a constitutional amendment. 2026 results by county, from South Dakota's official results file: Yes 42.4%, No 57.6% statewide.

Statewide

Title: An Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Requiring that a Proposed Constitutional Amendment or Revision Receive an Affirmative Vote of Sixty Percent of the Votes Cast. Attorney General explanation: The State Constitution provides that any proposed constitutional amendment or revision must be submitted to the voters for approval. Currently, a proposed constitutional amendment or revision becomes part of the Constitution if approved by a majority of the votes cast. This proposed Constitutional Amendment increases the number of votes required for a proposed constitutional amendment or revision to become part of the Constitution. If passed, further constitutional amendments must receive an affirmative vote of sixty percent of the votes cast to be implemented.

A yes vote
Vote “Yes” to adopt the amendment.
A no vote
Vote “No” to leave the Constitution as it is.
Yes 42.4% No 57.6%

126,175 yes and 171,362 no.

The Secretary of State's ballot question pamphlet, page 5 · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By county

66 counties: Yes has the most votes in 15, No has the most votes in 50. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyYesNoVotes
Aurora County51.5%48.5%942
Beadle County43.4%56.6%4,710
Bennett County31.3%68.7%811
Bon Homme County44.0%56.0%2,097
Brookings County40.0%60.0%11,070
Brown County42.2%57.8%11,689
Brule County47.0%53.0%1,742
Buffalo County34.5%65.5%368
Butte County45.8%54.2%3,390
Campbell County49.9%50.1%565
Charles Mix County47.4%52.6%2,622
Clark County51.7%48.3%1,462
Clay County33.3%66.7%4,016
Codington County42.8%57.2%9,551
Corson County47.3%52.7%708
Custer County46.2%53.8%4,606
Davison County43.8%56.2%5,956
Day County38.1%61.9%2,207
Deuel County46.8%53.2%1,666
Dewey County30.7%69.3%1,253
Douglas County57.3%42.7%1,219
Edmunds County53.3%46.7%1,411
Fall River County45.8%54.2%3,207
Faulk County50.0%50.0%800
Grant County40.8%59.2%2,813
Gregory County47.4%52.6%1,560
Haakon County50.1%49.9%807
Hamlin County53.1%46.9%2,188
Hand County50.5%49.5%1,246
Hanson County50.6%49.4%1,101
Harding County50.9%49.1%633
Hughes County40.5%59.5%6,383
Hutchinson County51.4%48.6%2,500
Hyde County44.6%55.4%496
Jackson County42.7%57.3%756
Jerauld County47.2%52.8%684
Jones County45.7%54.3%440
Kingsbury County42.9%57.1%2,012
Lake County40.4%59.6%4,356
Lawrence County38.6%61.4%10,363
Lincoln County45.9%54.1%25,766
Lyman County40.5%59.5%1,084
Marshall County34.8%65.2%1,625
McCook County47.6%52.4%2,138
McPherson County59.6%40.4%979
Meade County43.5%56.5%9,870
Mellette County40.6%59.4%589
Miner County48.8%51.2%861
Minnehaha County40.9%59.1%64,930
Moody County45.9%54.1%2,433
Oglala Lakota County23.3%76.7%2,172
Pennington County38.3%61.7%36,546
Perkins County57.4%42.6%1,218
Potter County51.9%48.1%907
Roberts County37.2%62.8%2,917
Sanborn County39.9%60.1%815
Spink County43.7%56.3%2,203
Stanley County42.5%57.5%1,305
Sully County50.2%49.8%699
Todd County26.2%73.8%1,610
Tripp County44.6%55.4%1,898
Turner County52.2%47.8%3,182
Union County49.7%50.3%5,642
Walworth County49.8%50.2%1,610
Yankton County42.2%57.8%7,582
Ziebach County34.5%65.5%550

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

South Dakota's official results, these figures first read Nov 12, 4:13 AM. Unofficial until certified. South Dakota's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.