2006 South Dakota Amendment C

(Redirected from South Dakota Amendment C (2006)) 2006 referendum

Amendment C

November 7, 2006

South Dakota Marriage Definition Amendment

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Yes	172,305	51.83%
No	160,152	48.17%
Valid votes	332,457	97.46%
Invalid or blank votes	8,648	2.54%
Total votes	341,105	100.00%
Registered voters/turnout	507,132	65.56%

Yes

70–80% 60–70% 50–60%

60–70% 50–60%

South Dakota Amendment C of 2006 is an amendment to the South Dakota Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perform same-sex marriages, or to recognize civil unions, domestic partnerships, or other quasi-marital relationships regardless of gender. The referendum was approved on 7 November 2006 by 52% of the state's voters.

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Amendment C
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Measure 9 Measure 10
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The text of the adopted amendment states:

Only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in South Dakota. The uniting of two or more persons in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other quasi-marital relationship shall not be valid or recognized in South Dakota.

The amendment was rendered void by Obergefell v. Hodges, a US Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

Legislative history

On January 24, 2005, the South Dakota House of Representatives passed, by a vote of 53 in favor and 16 against, South Dakota House Joint Resolution 1001 (SD HJR 1001). On February 14, 2005, the South Dakota Senate passed, by a vote of 20 in favor and 15 against, HJR 1001, which put it on the ballot for the 2006 general election.

Results

On November 7, 2006, at 7:00 PM CT, polls closed thought the entire state of South Dakota. Between 9:00 PM and 11:00 PM CST, Amendment C was projected to pass.

Pre-decision opinion polls

Date of opinion poll	Conducted by	Sample size	In favor	Against	Undecided	Margin	Margin of Error
Late October 2006	Zogby Poll	?	50%	45%	5%	5% pro	?
October 2006	KELO-TV / Argus Leader Poll	?	51%	42%	7%	9% pro	?
2006	Argus Leader Poll	?	46%	47%	?	1% con	?
2006	?	?	41%	49%	?	8% con	?

References

2006 South Dakota General Election Data - Official Returns for Ballot Questions
Voter Registration Tracking
Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics 1988-2010
CNN.com Election 2006 - Ballot Measures Accessed 14 December 2006.
House Joint Resolution 1001 South Dakota Legislature 2005. Accessed 06 January 2007.
"Stem Cells Win, Abortion Ban Defeated". CBS News. 2006-11-08. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
S. Dakota not so sure about gay-marriage ban
Marriage limits set to face stiff fight in 3 states

External links

The Money Behind the 2006 Marriage Amendments OpenSecrets

v t e LGBTQ in South Dakota
Topics	History Rights Same-sex marriage
People, groups, cases, legislation	Angie Buhl Sioux Falls Pride South Dakota Amendment C South Dakota House Bill 1008 State v. Whitmarsh

Same-sex unions in the United States

Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States

General unions

U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions

By state	Recognition of same-sex unions in Colorado Recognition of same-sex unions in Texas Recognition of same-sex unions in Florida

Marriage

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Tribal nations	Navajo Nation
Circuit Courts	Fourth Sixth Seventh Ninth Tenth
Other regions	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

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domestic partnerships

Cities and counties in the United States offering a domestic partnership registry

By state	California Hawaii Maine Ohio Oregon Washington Wisconsin

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v t e U.S. same-sex unions ballot measures
1990s	Alaska Ballot Measure 2 (1998, ban) Hawaii Constitutional Amendment 2 (1998, see note)
2000s	California Proposition 22 (2000, ban) Nebraska Initiative 416 (2000, ban) Nevada Ballot Question 2 (2000 & 2002, ban) Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004, ban) Louisiana Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban) Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban) Kentucky Constitutional Amendment 1 (2004, ban) Ohio State Issue 1 (2004, ban) Mississippi Amendment 1 (2004, ban) Oklahoma State Question 711 (2004, ban) Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, ban) Michigan Proposal 04-2 (2004, ban) Montana Initiative 96 (2004, ban) Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 (2004, ban) North Dakota Constitutional Measure 1 (2004, ban) Oregon Ballot Measure 36 (2004, ban) Kansas Amendment 1 (2005) Texas Proposition 2 (2005, ban) Alabama Amendment 774 (2006) South Carolina Amendment 1 (2006, ban) Virginia Question 1 (2006, ban) Tennessee Amendment 1 (2006, ban) Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006, ban) Arizona Proposition 107 (2006, constitutional ban defeated) Colorado Amendment 43 (2006, ban) South Dakota Amendment C (2006) Idaho Amendment 2 (2006, ban) Florida Amendment 2 (2008, ban) Arizona Proposition 102 (2008, ban) California Proposition 8 (2008, ban) Maine Question 1 (2009, legalizing legislation defeated)
2010s	North Carolina Amendment 1 (2012, ban) Maine Question 1 (2012, legalization) Maryland Question 6 (2012, legalization) Minnesota Amendment 1 (2012, proposed ban defeated) Washington Referendum 74 (2012, legalization)
2020s	Nevada Question 2 (2020, legalization) California Proposition 3 (2024, legalization) Colorado Amendment J (2024, legalization) Hawaii Amendment 1 (2024, legalization)
: De facto ban, granted Legislature authority to ban same-sex marriage. Reversed in 2013 by the Hawaii Marriage Equality Act.

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