🗳️ Steps to Get the Constitutional Amendment on the Ballot

🏛️ SEAL SD Guides You Through the Process

At SealSD.com, we’re working to secure tax freedom for South Dakotans through the Core GRT Plan—part of the Maximum Liberty Plan (Plan 2). This plan replaces all state taxes with a single 5% Gross Receipts Tax (GRT), generating $3.6 billion and saving you $3,000–$5,000 annually by eliminating property taxes. To make this a reality, we need to amend the South Dakota Constitution via a citizen-driven ballot initiative. This page provides a detailed guide on the steps to get the Core GRT Plan on the November 2026 ballot, empowering you to take part in this transformative process.

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📋 Step-by-Step Guide to the Ballot

Getting the Core GRT Plan on the ballot involves a clear, structured process that puts the power in your hands:

• Draft the Amendment: We’ve crafted a constitutional amendment to enact the Core GRT Plan, replacing all state taxes with a 5% GRT and establishing SD-DOGE for transparency and efficiency. It eliminates property taxes, saving $1.6 billion state-wide, and includes safeguards for schools, first responders, and military families (Page 7: Plan Overview).
• Gather Signatures: South Dakota requires 35,017 valid signatures from registered voters—10% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election—to place an initiated constitutional amendment on the ballot. These signatures must be collected by May 5, 2026, to qualify for the November 2026 general election (Page 14: Constitutional Amendment).
• Submit to the Secretary of State: Once collected, signatures are submitted to the South Dakota Secretary of State for verification. The office checks for validity, ensuring signers are registered voters, and approves the petition if the threshold is met.
• Secure Voter Approval: If approved, the amendment goes to a public vote in November 2026, requiring a simple majority (50% + 1) to pass. Upon approval, the Core GRT Plan becomes part of the South Dakota Constitution, effective immediately.

Analogy for Clarity: Getting the Core GRT Plan on the ballot is like organizing a picnic vote—you write a picnic rule to make the picnic free, gather 35,017 picnic friends to sign up, show the picnic list to the picnic boss, and then everyone votes to make the picnic free for all!

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💡 Why It Matters: Empowering South Dakotans

This ballot initiative process ensures that you, the citizens of South Dakota, have the power to shape your future, reflecting the state’s commitment to liberty and self-governance:

• Citizen-Driven Change: The First Amendment’s right to petition empowers you to propose this amendment, aligning with the Founding Fathers’ vision of a government accountable to the people (Page 34: Deep Dive: The Bill of Rights and Tax Freedom).
• Protecting Financial Freedom: By eliminating property taxes, the Core GRT Plan secures your financial freedom, saving $1.6 billion state-wide and ensuring you can keep your home without tax burdens, a core liberty the Founders championed (Page 43: Deep Dive: The Founding Fathers on Property Rights, Freedom, and Eminent Domain).
• Transparency and Fairness: The process is transparent, with the Secretary of State verifying signatures publicly, ensuring fairness in how the Core GRT Plan reaches the ballot (Page 14: Constitutional Amendment).

Analogy for Clarity: Your picnic vote gives you picnic power—your picnic petition makes the picnic free, keeps your picnic tent safe, and the picnic boss makes sure the picnic vote is fair, so everyone wins!

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💪 How You Can Help

Your participation is key to making this happen. Join us by signing the petition, spreading the word, and helping us collect 35,017 signatures by May 5, 2026. Together, we can ensure the Core GRT Plan reaches the November 2026 ballot, securing tax freedom for South Dakota.

Analogy for Clarity: Join the picnic freedom team—sign the picnic petition, tell your picnic friends, and let’s make the picnic free for everyone by 2026!

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🚀 Join the Movement

Got more questions? We’re here to help. Join the movement to learn more, volunteer, and help secure tax freedom for every South Dakotan. Your voice can make a difference.

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Your voice. Your state. Your moment. Get involved today.

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📂 Learn More

• 🌄 Our Vision for South Dakota
  The future we’re building — bold, free, and family-first.
• 📊 End Property Tax: GRT Plan
  How the 5% Gross Receipts Tax will replace property taxes — and why it works.
• 📈 Revenue Verification
  Ensuring every dollar is accounted for — transparency you can trust.
• 🛡️ Safeguards to Protect Homes
  No tricks, no traps — just locked-in protections you can count on.
• 🕵️ SD-DOGE: Our Government Watchdog
  Efficiency, oversight, and a watchdog that works for the people.
• 👉Get the Facts
  Will Prices Go Up?: Debunk myths about price increases under the GRT.
• 🚀 Join the Movement
  Your voice. Your state. Your moment. Get involved today.