See live updates of South Dakota election results from the 2024 election, including House races, state elections and ballot initiatives.
South Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected an attempt to establish open primary elections in the state. The Associated Press called the results at 11:16 p.m. Central. The tally at that time was 68% against Amendment H and 32% in favor, with 37% of statewide votes counted.
Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota each voted on measures to legalize recreational marijuana while Nebraska voters weighed in on both recreational and medical marijuana. Here is the latest vote counts on each measure and what they would do.
The vote against Amendment G in South Dakota is the second time since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that an abortion rights amendment failed the popular vote.
This measure would allow for the use, distribution and possession of up to two ounces of marijuana by people 21 and over.
Live-updating election results, maps and analysis of the 2024 South Dakota Amendment H ballot question from The Washington Post.
Election results continue to be reported late Tuesday into Wednesday morning in South Dakota. You’ll find election results for South Dakota’s statewide races, South Dakota Senate races, South Dakota House races and National races.
South Dakota voters rejected an abortion rights amendment to the state constitution, according to a call by the Associated Press. Anti-abortion groups called the proposal ‘too extreme.’
Another ballot measure could give grocery shoppers relief by removing the state sales tax on food. South Dakota lowered its general sales tax last year from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent, and the new initiative would eliminate taxes on most food items, excluding alcohol and prepared meals.
South Dakota will decide Tuesday whether to add protections for abortion rights to the state constitution and potentially overturn the state's abortion ban.