Food tax cut makes South Dakota ballot

Secretary of State validates Dakotans for Health petitions, sending Initiated Measure 28 to the November polls

South Dakotans will decide if they want to keep paying state sales tax on groceries when they head to the polls this fall.

Secretary of State Monae Johnson announced Monday that a proposed initiated measure that would prohibit the state of South Dakota from collecting its 4.2 percent sales tax rate on food has been certified for the November ballot.

“The title for the ballot question will be Initiated Measure 28 (IM 28), and it will appear on the 2024 General Election ballot on Nov. 5, 2024,” according to Johnson’s office.

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