A JOINT RESOLUTION, Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote.

Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That at the next general election held in the state, the following amendment to Article VII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, as set forth in section 2 of this Joint Resolution, which is hereby agreed to, be submitted to the electors of the state for approval.

Section 2. That Article VII, § 2 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, be AMENDED:

§ 2. Every United States individual who is a citizen of the United States, is eighteen years of age or older who, and has met all residency and registration requirements shall be is entitled to vote in all elections and upon all questions submitted to the voters of the state unless. An individual may be disqualified by law for mental incompetence or the conviction of a felony. An individual who is not a citizen of the United States is disqualified from voting in any election or upon any question submitted to the voters of this state. The Legislature may by law establish reasonable requirements to insure ensure the integrity of the vote.

Each elector who qualified qualifies to vote within a precinct shall be is entitled to vote in that precinct until he the elector establishes another voting residence. An elector shall may never lose his residency for voting solely by reason of his the elector's absence from the state.