South Dakota lawmakers rejected a proposal for a constitutional amendment banning ballot measures from reconsideration if they failed in the previous election cycle.
lawmakers on Friday dismissed a proposal that the state constitution ban ballot measures from being reconsidered if they failed in the previous election.
The proposed constitutional amendment, which would have prevented rejected ballot initiatives from appearing in the next election, would have needed to gain a majority in the next election to be enacted.Republican Rep. Fred Deutsch, who spearheaded the effort, brought the proposal after voters rejected a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana last year, but legalization advocates say they plan to put the proposal back on ballots in the next election.
Opponents argued it would result in countless lawsuits because of the amendment's wording: to limit ballot measures that are"substantially similar" to prior measures. Other opponents urged caution when amending the state's constitution and limiting a form of direct democracy.
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