Measure on the ballot in the 2018 South Dakota 2018 General Election in South Dakota.
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Get StartedA “yes” vote amends the constitution to require future constitutional amendments to address only one issue.
A “no” vote keeps the state constitutional amendment process the same.
According to David Owen, President South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, this measure could be used to strike down amendments that take multiple approaches to the same problem, like an anti-corruption amendment that changes campaign finance laws and establishes an ethics commission. Gathering signatures for initiated amendments is costly and time-consuming, and that requiring citizens to go through that process more than once to achieve the same goal is wasteful and undemocratic., in opposition to Constitutional Amendment Z (Learn more)
According to Mark Mickelson, Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives, this measure would make proposed constitutional amendments clearer and give voters the opportunity to approve or reject individual policies on their merits. Without this measure, unpopular proposals could be bundled with unrelated popular measures, making it harder for voters to express their opinions on each issue., in support of Constitutional Amendment Z (Learn more)
This amendment requires proposed constitutional amendments to address just one subject. If multiple amendments are presented to voters at the same time, they must be voted on separately.
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