Three Ballot Measures for 2024
1. Amendment 6: Right to an Abortion
2. Amendment E: Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language
3. Measure 28: Removing Grocery Sales Taxes
For the full list of referendums we’re tracking, see our home page.
Amendment G
Right to an Abortion
on ballot: November 5, 2024
result: defeated with 61.2% voting no
We regard a “no” vote as helpful to the goal of ending violence.
See Ballotpedia page for information and updates.
See our page on State Constitutions and Abortion for more information about what’s happening around the U.S.
Letter from SD Legislature – Legislative Research Council, explaining problematic wording.
Background: South Dakota had a trigger ban to stop abortion entirely and this is now in effect because of Roe being overturned. The proposed amendment would undo this.
Abortion Isn’t a “Right”: It’s a Wrong against Women
Setting aside the violence done to unborn children, a point which proponents of this measure steadfastly ignore, the rhetoric they use about women also steadfastly ignores harm done. Here are some of the Consistent Life Network’s blog posts that explain this. They can offer good ideas for opponents of this measure to use in their work:
Abortion and Violence Against Pregnant Women
How Abortion is Useful for Rape Culture
The Message of “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”: Abortion Gets Sexual Predators Off the Hook
Abortion Facilitates Sex Abuse: Documentation
Isolating Women and Encouraging Jerks
Amendment E
Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language
on ballot: November 5, 2024
result: defeated with 61.3% voting no
We regard a “yes” vote as helpful to the goal of stopping discriminatory practices, which in turn will ultimately help the goal of ending violence.
See Ballotpedia page for information and updates.
This would replace male terms with gender-neutral terms, no longer ignoring women.
Measure 28
Removing Grocery Sales Taxes
on ballot: November 5, 2024
result: defeated with 73.1% voting no
See Ballotpedia page for information and updates.
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