Podcast: Pros and cons on a ballot question to raise the bar for changing the state constitution

By: Meghan O'Brien

Outlets: South Dakota Searchlight

Published: September 4, 2026

Words: 269

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Searchlight Report is a podcast from South Dakota Searchlight. Reporter and host Meghan O’Brien works with other Searchlight journalists to take listeners inside politics and policy in The Mount Rushmore State.

One of four ballot questions voters will consider on Nov. 3 would make it harder for state constitutional amendments to pass.

South Dakota lawmakers can place amendments on the ballot, and …

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