ACLU of South Dakota

It might not feel like it, but election season is here for many communities. From mayors to school boards, these oft-overlooked elections often have significant consequences for South Dakotans.

A Senate panel is advancing a House proposal to require individuals provide identification to access pornographic material online. It’s an idea debated by state lawmakers since legislative session last year.

South Dakota House lawmakers are rejecting a proposal to require schools display the Ten Commandments in schools. It was the last step before the Senate bill would reach the governor’s desk.

South Dakota voters rejected an amendment to put abortion rights into the state constitution in the 2024 election. As SDPB’s Lee Strubinger reports, the success and failure of the campaigns came down to funding and organization.

The American Civil Liberties Union chapter of the Dakotas and Wyoming has named a new executive director.

The state of South Dakota is joining a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality aimed at a Tennessee law prohibiting transgender minors from accessing certain medical treatments.

The ACLU of South Dakota is calling on Republican Secretary of State Monae Johnson to reinstate residents removed from the voter roll. On Monday, the Department of Public Safety announced it successfully struck 273 individuals it calls “noncitizens” from the voter roll.

With an out-of-state petitioner angling to mandate prayer in South Dakota schools, some consider it a misuse of the state ballot measure system. That includes the state ACLU chapter.

Backers of an abortion rights ballot question are campaigning for a constitutional amendment without the support of two advocacy groups.

The multi-state coalition opposes a Biden Administration rule that would preempt South Dakota's ban on gender affirming care. The ACLU has called the opposition discriminatory.