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South Dakota

The South Dakota Pragmatists

We're looking for leaders in South Dakota.

The party grows one state at a time, and each state starts with a few people who lead it there. They build a team, find volunteers, meet legislators and work to bring score voting to South Dakota.

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State teams are how a national party becomes real. Tell us where you are and what you'd take on. We'll connect you with others in your state, or help you start the team if you're the first.

Someone on the national team will reach out to talk through your state: who else is there, what the path to a score-voting initiative looks like, and where you fit.

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What would you take on?

  • Lead or co-lead a state team
  • Work on a score-voting ballot initiative
  • Collect petition signatures
  • Recruit and organize volunteers
  • Host or run events
  • Meet legislators or testify at hearings
  • Research state election and initiative law

Score voting in South Dakota

Our first goal is getting score voting adopted by the states. It's what makes the rest possible: we won't put candidates on ballots where they can't win, and under today's rules they can't.

Replace winner-take-all elections with score voting and eliminate partisan primaries. Rate every candidate on one ballot: highest rated wins, and you can always give your top score to the candidate you really support.

Voters in South Dakota can put a law or a constitutional amendment on the ballot themselves, by petition. So score voting can come to South Dakota through a ballot initiative, or through the legislature.[1][2][3]

  1. [1] National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Initiative and Referendum Processes, 2025-11-24.
  2. [2] Ballotpedia, States with initiative or referendum.
  3. [3] Ballotpedia, Laws governing the initiative process in South Dakota.

Better leaders are out there. Help us put them in office.

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On the issues, our candidates answer to their voters. On the Principles, they answer to us.

Members stand behind our Principles, the standard we hold our leaders to. On the issues, everyone makes up their own mind.

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