Money begins to flow in fight over threshold for South Dakota constitutional changes

By: John Hult

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: October 2, 2026

Words: 1,560

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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The backers of a South Dakota ballot measure that would make it harder to change the state constitution accused their opponents this week of misleading voters with campaign ads tying the measure to “out-of-state billionaires.”

The spokesperson for the opposition called the allegations “comical.” The ads are a nod to how much more expensive campaigns for ballot measures would become if it took more votes to pass them, he said.

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