2024 Election Information For more information:
MyFaith Votes: www.myfaithvotes.org/myvoterhub
South Dakota Family Voice: sdfamilyvoice.org/
Family Voice direct link to information about South Dakota candidates and issues polling places etc: dakotavoter.com/
Party Platforms
2024 Democrat Party Platform: democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/
2024 Independent Party Platform:
2024 Libertarian Party Platform: www.lp.org/platform/
2024 Republican Party Platform: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform
Abortion
Democrat Platform: “Democrats are committed to protecting and advancing reproductive health,
rights, and justice. We believe unequivocally, like the majority of Americans, that every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. We will repeal the Title X domestic gag rule and restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides vital preventive and reproductive health care for millions of people, especially low-income people, and people of color, and LGBTQ+ people, including in underserved areas.
Democrats oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to reproductive health and rights. We will repeal the Hyde Amendment, and protect and codify the right to reproductive freedom. We condemn acts of violence, harassment, and intimidation of reproductive health providers, patients, and staff. We will address the discrimination and barriers that inhibit meaningful access to reproductive health care services, including those based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, income, disability, geography, and other factors. Democrats oppose restrictions on medication abortion care that are inconsistent with the most recent medical and scientific evidence and that do not protect public health.
We recognize that quality, affordable comprehensive health care; medically accurate, LGBTQ+ inclusive, age-appropriate sex education; and the full range of family planning services are all essential to ensuring that people can decide if, when, and how to start a family. We are proud to be the party of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination in health care on the basis of sex and requires insurers to cover prescription contraceptives at no cost. These efforts have significantly reduced teen and unintended pregnancies by making it easier to decide whether, when, and how to have a child.
We believe that a person’s health should always come first. Democrats will protect the rights of all people to make personal health care decisions, and will reject the Trump Administration’s use of broad exemptions to allow medical providers, employers, and others to discriminate.”
Libertarian Platform
PERSONAL LIBERTY
Individuals are inherently free to make choices for themselves and must accept responsibility for the consequences of the choices they make. Our support of an individual’s right to make choices in life does not mean that we necessarily approve or disapprove of those choices. No individual, group, or government may rightly initiate force against any other individual, group, or government. Libertarians reject the notion that groups have inherent rights. We support the rights of the smallest minority, the individual.
Self-Ownership - Individuals own their bodies and have rights over them that other individuals, groups, and governments may not violate. Individuals have the freedom and responsibility to decide what they knowingly and voluntarily consume, and what risks they accept to their own health, finances, safety, or life.
Republican Platform: “4. Republicans Will Protect and Defend a Vote of the People, from within the States, on the Issue of Life
We proudly stand for families and Life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights. After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People. We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).”
LGBTQ+
Democrat Platform:
“We condemn the Trump Administration’s discriminatory actions against the LGBTQ+ community, including the dangerous and unethical regulations allowing doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to discriminate against patients based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Democrats will reverse this rulemaking and restore nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS in health insurance, including coverage of all medically necessary care for gender transition. We will also take action to guarantee that LGBTQ+ people and those living with HIV/AIDS have full access to needed health care and resources, including by requiring that federal health plans provide coverage for HIV/AIDS testing and treatment and HIV prevention medications like PrEP and PEP, gender confirmation surgery, and hormone therapy.
Democrats support increased community HIV prevention and testing programs which target Latino, Black, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Native American, and other at-risk communities to address the increases of HIV. Democrats will recommit the federal government to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2025.
Democrats are proud that the Obama-Biden Administration lifted the discriminatory lifetime ban on blood donation by healthy gay and bisexual Americans. We will work to ensure blood donation regulations are based on science, not fiction or stigma and that no American, when seeking to donate blood, will face more stringent limitations than any other simply because of who they are.”
Libertarian Platform: “1.4 Personal Relationships
Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government’s treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration, or military service laws. Government does not have the authority to define, promote, license, or restrict personal relationships, regardless of the number of participants. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships. Until such time as the government stops its illegitimate practice of marriage licensing, such licenses must be granted to all consenting adults who apply.”
Republican Platform:
5. Republicans Will End Left-wing Gender Insanity
We will keep men out of women's sports, ban Taxpayer funding for sex change surgeries, and stop Taxpayer-funded Schools from promoting gender transition, reverse Biden's radical rewrite of Title IX Education Regulations, and restore protections for women and girls.”
Democrat 2024 Party Platform is 92 pages without a succinct summary to list. The link is provided at the top of this form for your convenience.
From the 2024 Republican Party Platform:
“To make clear our commitment, we offer to the American people the 2024 GOP Platform to Make America Great Again! It is a forward-looking Agenda that begins with the following twenty promises that we will accomplish very quickly when we win the White House and Republican Majorities in the House and Senate.
MyFaith Votes: www.myfaithvotes.org/myvoterhub
South Dakota Family Voice: sdfamilyvoice.org/
Family Voice direct link to information about South Dakota candidates and issues polling places etc: dakotavoter.com/
Party Platforms
2024 Democrat Party Platform: democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/
2024 Independent Party Platform:
2024 Libertarian Party Platform: www.lp.org/platform/
2024 Republican Party Platform: www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform
Abortion
Democrat Platform: “Democrats are committed to protecting and advancing reproductive health,
rights, and justice. We believe unequivocally, like the majority of Americans, that every woman should be able to access high-quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion. We will repeal the Title X domestic gag rule and restore federal funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides vital preventive and reproductive health care for millions of people, especially low-income people, and people of color, and LGBTQ+ people, including in underserved areas.
Democrats oppose and will fight to overturn federal and state laws that create barriers to reproductive health and rights. We will repeal the Hyde Amendment, and protect and codify the right to reproductive freedom. We condemn acts of violence, harassment, and intimidation of reproductive health providers, patients, and staff. We will address the discrimination and barriers that inhibit meaningful access to reproductive health care services, including those based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, income, disability, geography, and other factors. Democrats oppose restrictions on medication abortion care that are inconsistent with the most recent medical and scientific evidence and that do not protect public health.
We recognize that quality, affordable comprehensive health care; medically accurate, LGBTQ+ inclusive, age-appropriate sex education; and the full range of family planning services are all essential to ensuring that people can decide if, when, and how to start a family. We are proud to be the party of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination in health care on the basis of sex and requires insurers to cover prescription contraceptives at no cost. These efforts have significantly reduced teen and unintended pregnancies by making it easier to decide whether, when, and how to have a child.
We believe that a person’s health should always come first. Democrats will protect the rights of all people to make personal health care decisions, and will reject the Trump Administration’s use of broad exemptions to allow medical providers, employers, and others to discriminate.”
Libertarian Platform
PERSONAL LIBERTY
Individuals are inherently free to make choices for themselves and must accept responsibility for the consequences of the choices they make. Our support of an individual’s right to make choices in life does not mean that we necessarily approve or disapprove of those choices. No individual, group, or government may rightly initiate force against any other individual, group, or government. Libertarians reject the notion that groups have inherent rights. We support the rights of the smallest minority, the individual.
Self-Ownership - Individuals own their bodies and have rights over them that other individuals, groups, and governments may not violate. Individuals have the freedom and responsibility to decide what they knowingly and voluntarily consume, and what risks they accept to their own health, finances, safety, or life.
Republican Platform: “4. Republicans Will Protect and Defend a Vote of the People, from within the States, on the Issue of Life
We proudly stand for families and Life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights. After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People. We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).”
LGBTQ+
Democrat Platform:
“We condemn the Trump Administration’s discriminatory actions against the LGBTQ+ community, including the dangerous and unethical regulations allowing doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to discriminate against patients based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Democrats will reverse this rulemaking and restore nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS in health insurance, including coverage of all medically necessary care for gender transition. We will also take action to guarantee that LGBTQ+ people and those living with HIV/AIDS have full access to needed health care and resources, including by requiring that federal health plans provide coverage for HIV/AIDS testing and treatment and HIV prevention medications like PrEP and PEP, gender confirmation surgery, and hormone therapy.
Democrats support increased community HIV prevention and testing programs which target Latino, Black, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Native American, and other at-risk communities to address the increases of HIV. Democrats will recommit the federal government to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2025.
Democrats are proud that the Obama-Biden Administration lifted the discriminatory lifetime ban on blood donation by healthy gay and bisexual Americans. We will work to ensure blood donation regulations are based on science, not fiction or stigma and that no American, when seeking to donate blood, will face more stringent limitations than any other simply because of who they are.”
Libertarian Platform: “1.4 Personal Relationships
Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government’s treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration, or military service laws. Government does not have the authority to define, promote, license, or restrict personal relationships, regardless of the number of participants. Consenting adults should be free to choose their own sexual practices and personal relationships. Until such time as the government stops its illegitimate practice of marriage licensing, such licenses must be granted to all consenting adults who apply.”
Republican Platform:
5. Republicans Will End Left-wing Gender Insanity
We will keep men out of women's sports, ban Taxpayer funding for sex change surgeries, and stop Taxpayer-funded Schools from promoting gender transition, reverse Biden's radical rewrite of Title IX Education Regulations, and restore protections for women and girls.”
Democrat 2024 Party Platform is 92 pages without a succinct summary to list. The link is provided at the top of this form for your convenience.
From the 2024 Republican Party Platform:
“To make clear our commitment, we offer to the American people the 2024 GOP Platform to Make America Great Again! It is a forward-looking Agenda that begins with the following twenty promises that we will accomplish very quickly when we win the White House and Republican Majorities in the House and Senate.
- SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION
- CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
- END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN
- MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!
- STOP OUTSOURCING, AND TURN THE UNITED STATES INTO A MANUFACTURING
SUPERPOWER - LARGE TAX CUTS FOR WORKERS, AND NO TAX ON TIPS!
- DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS, AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL
FREEDOMS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND THE
RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS - PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE, RESTORE PEACE IN EUROPE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
AND BUILD A GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE
COUNTRY -- ALL MADE IN AMERICA - END THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
- STOP THE MIGRANT CRIME EPIDEMIC, DEMOLISH THE FOREIGN DRUG CARTELS,
CRUSH GANG VIOLENCE, AND LOCK UP VIOLENT OFFENDERS - REBUILD OUR CITIES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC, MAKING THEM SAFE, CLEAN, AND
BEAUTIFUL AGAIN. - STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE OUR MILITARY, MAKING IT, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE
STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD - KEEP THE U.S. DOLLAR AS THE WORLD'S RESERVE CURRENCY
- FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS,
INCLUDING NO CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGE - CANCEL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE AND CUT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME
REGULATIONS - CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL
GENDER IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL
CONTENT ON OUR CHILDREN - KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN'S SPORTS
- DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND
PATRIOTIC AGAIN - SECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION,
PAPER BALLOTS, AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP - UNITE OUR COUNTRY BY BRINGING IT TO NEW AND RECORD LEVELS OF SUCCESS
South Dakota Ballot Initiatives Election November 5, 2024
Isaiah10:1-2a ‘’Woe to those who enact evil statutes ,And to those who constantly record unjust decisions, So as to deprive the needy of justice, And rob the poor of My people of their rights,’’
Matthew 25:14-30 Parable of the Talents
In America, our vote has been entrusted to us. We are stewards of it.
Amendment E
If passed, this initiative would change the language in the SD Constitution to refer to those in authority with female or male pronouns (Governor etc) as opposed to only male pronouns.
A NO vote is a vote to keep the SD State Constitution as written.
A YES vote is a vote to change the SD State Constitution to use gender neutral language.
Amendment F
If passed, this would expand work requirements for those receiving Medicaid assistance. This would need Federal approval to go into effect.
A NO vote is a vote to keep the requirements as they already are.
A YES vote is a vote to add work requirements to the existing Medicaid system.
2 Thessalonians3:10 “For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: ‘The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.’”
Deuteronomy 24:19-21 “When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.” (implies the poor will need to gather for themselves what you leave behind...granting them the opportunity to work for their needs) additional references: Leviticus 19:9-10, 23:22, Exodus 23:11
Amendment G
If passed, this initiative would change our State Constitution by adding abortion as a right. It would allow abortion through the 9th month and it would allow underage females to get abortions without parental consent.
A NO vote is a vote to keep the current laws on abortion in SD.
A YES vote is a vote to change our SD State Constitution to allow abortion.
Psalm 22:9-10 “Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.”
Psalm 139: 13-17 “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!”
Isaiah 44:2 “This is what the LORD says, He who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Do not fear, Jacob My servant, And Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.”
Jeremiah 1:4-5 “Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Amendment H
If passed, this would change the way South Dakota primary elections operate. No longer would the Democrat and Republican parties hold separate primaries to select who best represents that party’s platform and ideas, but all the candidates would be available for all registered voters. The candidates that received the top 2 votes would then move forward to the general election.
This is an OPEN PRIMARY amendment proposal that could open the door even more to big money spenders influencing our SD elections.
Currently only two of our fifty states use the Open Primary system in their elections: California and Washington.
According to research, neither the Democrat, Independent or Republican leaders in SD support this amendment.
A NO vote is a vote to keep the SD primary election as is.
A YES vote is a vote to change the SD primary election system.
Exodus 18:21 “‘Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.’”
Deuteronomy 1:13 “‘Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
Initiated Measure 28
If passed, this measure would remove taxes on human consumption items. (food, beverage)
A NO vote votes to keep the tax on human consumption items as is.
A YES vote votes to remove the tax on human consumption items.
Romans13:6 “For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.”
Matthew 22:21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
Initiated Measure 29
If passed, it would become legal in South Dakota for citizens to have in their possession, to distribute and to use as recreation: marijuana.
A NO vote votes to defeat this measure and keeps things as they are.
A YES vote is a vote to allow for “recreational marijuana” use in SD.
Romans 12:1 “Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 “so then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night. But since we are of the day, let’s be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.”
1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,”
1 Peter 1:13 “Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
2 Timothy 4:5 “But as for you, use self-restraint in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”
Referendum 21
If passed, this referred law would allow private businesses to use the rule of Eminent Domain to take land anywhere in SD for their personal business gain, and it would take the power of over 300 local leaders and place it in the hands of 3 elected commissioners. This law would be in conflict with the South Dakota State Constitution.
Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.”
Romans 13:9-10 “For this, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
Deuteronomy 19:14 “‘You shall not displace your neighbor’s boundary marker, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
A NO vote votes to defeat this law and keep things as they are.
A YES vote is a vote to put this law into effect.
Isaiah10:1-2a ‘’Woe to those who enact evil statutes ,And to those who constantly record unjust decisions, So as to deprive the needy of justice, And rob the poor of My people of their rights,’’
Matthew 25:14-30 Parable of the Talents
In America, our vote has been entrusted to us. We are stewards of it.
Amendment E
If passed, this initiative would change the language in the SD Constitution to refer to those in authority with female or male pronouns (Governor etc) as opposed to only male pronouns.
A NO vote is a vote to keep the SD State Constitution as written.
A YES vote is a vote to change the SD State Constitution to use gender neutral language.
Amendment F
If passed, this would expand work requirements for those receiving Medicaid assistance. This would need Federal approval to go into effect.
A NO vote is a vote to keep the requirements as they already are.
A YES vote is a vote to add work requirements to the existing Medicaid system.
2 Thessalonians3:10 “For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: ‘The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.’”
Deuteronomy 24:19-21 “When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. When you beat the olives from your trees, do not go over the branches a second time. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow. When you harvest the grapes in your vineyard, do not go over the vines again. Leave what remains for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow.” (implies the poor will need to gather for themselves what you leave behind...granting them the opportunity to work for their needs) additional references: Leviticus 19:9-10, 23:22, Exodus 23:11
Amendment G
If passed, this initiative would change our State Constitution by adding abortion as a right. It would allow abortion through the 9th month and it would allow underage females to get abortions without parental consent.
A NO vote is a vote to keep the current laws on abortion in SD.
A YES vote is a vote to change our SD State Constitution to allow abortion.
Psalm 22:9-10 “Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother’s womb.”
Psalm 139: 13-17 “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!”
Isaiah 44:2 “This is what the LORD says, He who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you: ‘Do not fear, Jacob My servant, And Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.”
Jeremiah 1:4-5 “Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Amendment H
If passed, this would change the way South Dakota primary elections operate. No longer would the Democrat and Republican parties hold separate primaries to select who best represents that party’s platform and ideas, but all the candidates would be available for all registered voters. The candidates that received the top 2 votes would then move forward to the general election.
This is an OPEN PRIMARY amendment proposal that could open the door even more to big money spenders influencing our SD elections.
Currently only two of our fifty states use the Open Primary system in their elections: California and Washington.
According to research, neither the Democrat, Independent or Republican leaders in SD support this amendment.
A NO vote is a vote to keep the SD primary election as is.
A YES vote is a vote to change the SD primary election system.
Exodus 18:21 “‘Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.’”
Deuteronomy 1:13 “‘Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
Initiated Measure 28
If passed, this measure would remove taxes on human consumption items. (food, beverage)
A NO vote votes to keep the tax on human consumption items as is.
A YES vote votes to remove the tax on human consumption items.
Romans13:6 “For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.”
Matthew 22:21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”
Initiated Measure 29
If passed, it would become legal in South Dakota for citizens to have in their possession, to distribute and to use as recreation: marijuana.
A NO vote votes to defeat this measure and keeps things as they are.
A YES vote is a vote to allow for “recreational marijuana” use in SD.
Romans 12:1 “Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 “so then, let’s not sleep as others do, but let’s be alert and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night. But since we are of the day, let’s be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation.”
1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,”
1 Peter 1:13 “Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
2 Timothy 4:5 “But as for you, use self-restraint in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”
Referendum 21
If passed, this referred law would allow private businesses to use the rule of Eminent Domain to take land anywhere in SD for their personal business gain, and it would take the power of over 300 local leaders and place it in the hands of 3 elected commissioners. This law would be in conflict with the South Dakota State Constitution.
Exodus 20:15 “You shall not steal.”
Romans 13:9-10 “For this, ‘YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
Deuteronomy 19:14 “‘You shall not displace your neighbor’s boundary marker, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.’”
A NO vote votes to defeat this law and keep things as they are.
A YES vote is a vote to put this law into effect.
