UNDATED – Primary voters rejected Constitutional Amendment C Tuesday, which would have raised the threshold for certain ballot questions to 60 percent.
Republican lawmakers placed the question on the primary ballot, so it would be in place for Medicaid expansion in November.
Voters rejected the proposal by nearly 70 percent.
Despite the loss, Constitutional Amendment C is getting challenged in court.
David Owen is president of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce. He is not acting in his official capacity as he joins a few in bringing a lawsuit. The suit challenges the ballot question as having more than one subject, which is prohibited in the constitution.
Owen suspects the lawsuit might get dropped. However, he says the single-subject question needs to be answered. The measure will not affect Medicaid expansion in November.
