Progressive priorities such as abortion rights, grocery tax repeal and legalized recreational marijuana were all defeated.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem spoke to Fox News Digital in an interview about Vice President Kamala Harris' loss of support from women compared to President Biden in 2020.
Amendment F passed during the 2024 election in South Dakota, allowing the state to impose work requirements on those who benefit from the state's Medicaid expansion.
Voters in South Dakota have rejected a proposal to add protections for abortion rights to the state constitution, preserving a near-total ban there.
With voters declining to enshrine a right to abortion in the State Constitution, South Dakota will continue to have one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.
CBS News projects former President Donald Trump will win North Dakota and South Dakota in the 2024 presidential election. Each state has three electoral college votes. North Dakota and South Dakota both voted for Trump in 2020 and 2016.
South Dakotans voted to support the amendment while 61% voted in opposition, according to the Secretary of State's website.
Another ballot measure could give grocery shoppers relief by removing the state sales tax on food. South Dakota lowered its general sales tax last year from 4.5 percent to 4.2 percent, and the new initiative would eliminate taxes on most food items, excluding alcohol and prepared meals.
In unofficial results in House District 17, Rep. Chris Kassin, of Vermillion, led with 6,680 votes, while Rep. Bill Shorma, of Dakota Dunes, finished second with 5,479 votes. Democrat Ray
Voters in South Dakota and North Dakota have rejected a ballot measure meant to legalize recreational marijuana.
The winner of the presidential race in South Dakota will take the state's three electoral votes. On the ballot, voters will also make decisions about various propositions -- including one that would enshrine in the state constitution a right to get an abortion (with restrictions), and one that would legalize marijuana.
A DOJ press release does not specifically state why the counties have been chosen for monitoring, though during South Dakota's June primary, South Dakota Canvassing Group President Jessica Pollema successfully got 132 absentee ballots rejected from the election through a challenge that both local and state officials said fell outside of state law.