South Dakota would prohibit ranked-choice voting in all elections, preventing the State Board of Elections and local governments from adopting a system where voters rank candidates by preference and votes are redistributed based on eliminations. This new restriction blocks a voting method where candidates are elected (or eliminated) through multiple rounds of tabulation until someone wins a majority of votes. The law applies to any election for any public office in the state.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 495
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 442
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 489
Signed by the President S.J. 417
House of Representatives Do Pass Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 5. H.J. 437
House of Representatives Deferred to another day H.J. 416
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1. H.J. 7
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 223
Senate Do Pass Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 4. S.J. 180
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1.
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 29
John Wiik
Prime sponsor · Sen.
R
Kirk Chaffee
Prime sponsor · Rep.
R
Cosponsors
Do Pass
State Affairs — Do Pass
Do Pass
State Affairs — Do Pass