South Dakota Constitutional Amendment C: 60% Supermajority Needed To Raise Taxes

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South Dakota Constitutional Amendment C, 60% Vote Requirement for Ballot Measures Increasing Taxes or Appropriating $10 Million Measure (June 2022)

A "yes" vote supports requiring a three-fifths (60%) supermajority vote for the approval of ballot measures placed on the ballot through citizen initiative or referred to the ballot by the state legislature that increase taxes or fees or that would require the state to appropriate $10 million or more in the first five fiscal years.

A "no" vote opposes requiring a three-fifths (60%) supermajority vote for the approval of ballot measures that increase taxes or fees or that would require the state to appropriate $10 million or more in the first five fiscal years, thereby continuing to allow such measures to be adopted by a simple majority vote.

Interesting...

Florida requires a two-thirds (66.67 percent) supermajority vote for the approval of constitutional amendments creating a new tax or fee. The requirement was implemented through voter approval of Amendment 5 of 2018. Washington requires a three-fifths (60%) supermajority vote of approval from all voters casting a ballot on initiatives or referendums related to gambling while other initiated measures require a simple majority vote of approval to be enacted. Utah requires a two-thirds (66.67%) supermajority vote for the approval of any initiatives concerning the taking of wildlife.

 

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South Dakota Constitutional Amendment C, 60% Vote Requirement for Ballot Measures Increasing Taxes or Appropriating $10 Million Measure (June 2022)




Interesting...

Instead of the $10 million appropriation clause, they should have made it deficit spending clause for the state budget.

 

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Instead of the $10 million appropriation clause, they should have made it deficit spending clause for the state budget.

It’s a good start

 

[LouderVol]

It’s a good start

You just break it into sub 10 million bites. Willing to bet they chose that number very carefully.