South Dakota Amendment J: Citizenship wording for voting
South Dakota · Constitutional amendment · Elections · Statewide decision
Explanation reviewed 2026-10-27. AI-written and checked against linked official evidence; not an election-office summary.
AI-written summary
Would add noncitizens to the constitution’s explicit list of people disqualified from voting, alongside existing grounds.
What applies now
Citizenship is already a constitutional qualification for voting.
If yes / for
Add the explicit noncitizen disqualification.
If no / against
Keep current constitutional wording and citizenship qualification.
Costs and funding
No verified fiscal estimate recorded in this baseline. This does not mean there is no cost.
Timing
Implementation date not independently established in this baseline.
Passage rule
Threshold not independently established here; consult the official text.
The latest automated source check failed. This remains the previously reviewed explanation.