South Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to legalize adult-use marijuana.
While voters approved a legalization measure at the ballot in 2020, it was subsequently overturned by the state Supreme Court. Another reform proposal was rejected by voters in 2022.
Advocates held out hope that the third time would be the charm, but that victory didn’t materialize.
What Measure 29 would have accomplished:
The initiative would have allowed adults 21 and older to purchase and possess up to two ounces of cannabis. Adults could have also grown up to six plants per person for personal use, which was up from three plants in the 2022 version. There was also a 12-plant maximum per shared living household—double the prior six-plant limit.
What polls said about voters’ preferences:
The more recent polling on the South Dakota measure hadn’t gone in the pro-legalization campaign’s direction.
An Emerson College/KELOLAND/The Hill survey from last month found that about 50 percent of likely voters opposed the cannabis measure, while 45 percent supported it and 5 percent remained undecided.
A separate survey from June also found the initiative trailing, with 52 percent of voters opposing the reform and 42 percent in
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