SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(SD News Watch)- Support for ballot measures on abortion rights, open primaries and repealing the state food tax has dipped since May, according to a statewide poll co-sponsored by South Dakota News Watch.

Close race on abortion: Amendment G, a citizen-led effort to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, is supported by half (50%) of South Dakota’s registered voters and opposed by nearly as many (47%). That’s within the margin of error of 4.5 percentage points and a major shift from a similar poll in May, which found a nearly 20-point margin with 53% favoring Amendment G and 35% opposed.

Shift on open primaries: The poll showed that South Dakotans have begun to sour on Amendment H, a citizen-led proposal to change the way the state conducts primary elections. The survey showed that just 40% of statewide respondents plan to vote for the amendment, compared to 55% who supported it in May.

Grocery tax issue tightens: The poll showed that 49% of statewide respondents plan on voting for Initiated Measure 28, which would prohibit the state from collecting sales tax on “anything sold for human consumption.” That’s a big change from the May survey, which showed 66% of voters supporting the measure.

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