25.862.12 100th Legislative Session HCR6013
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Concurrent Resolution
6013
ENROLLED
AN ACT
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Supporting the Electoral College, denouncing the
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and inviting interested states to
form the Electoral College Interstate Compact.
WHEREAS, the current electoral college system respects states as the essential units in
our compound republic, protecting their power and voice in presidential elections; and
WHEREAS, the current electoral college system respects the separation and balance of
power and authority between the states and the federal government; and
WHEREAS, the current electoral college system creates a needed balance between rural
and urban interests and ensures that the winning candidate has support from multiple regions
of the country; and
WHEREAS, the current electoral college system ensures that each state's electoral votes
are awarded based on how the state's citizens vote; and
WHEREAS, the current electoral college system best preserves our constitutional
separation of powers and prevents the fracture of America's political structure; and
WHEREAS, the founding fathers rejected a national popular vote for president and instead
created the Electoral College; and
WHEREAS, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact diminishes the importance of
individual states in presidential elections, creates the potential for nationwide recounts, and
opens the door to greater federal control; and
WHEREAS, under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a state's electoral vote
could be awarded to a candidate opposed by the majority of the state's citizens; and 25.862.12 2 HCR6013
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WHEREAS, the constitutionality of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is
doubtful because it appears to violate the text of the Compact Clause of the United States
Constitution and the intent of the electoral college clauses;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the One
Hundredth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the
Legislature supports the Electoral College and believes the National Popular Vote Interstate
Compact may be unconstitutional; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Legislature invites all other interested states to form
an Electoral College Interstate Compact to prohibit electors from participating states from
casting the elector's vote in accordance with the national popular vote count and require the
participating states to legally challenge the constitutionality of the National Popular Vote
Interstate Compact; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Legislature proposes forming the Electoral College
Interstate Compact when four other states declare their intent to form the Electoral College
Interstate Compact, at which time the interested states shall take appropriat e steps to
organize and form the compact; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the secretary of state forward copies of this resolution to
the secretaries of state and majority and minority leaders in each legislative chamber in the
states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 25.862.12 3 HCR6013
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Adopted by the House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
Concurred in by the Senate, March 6, 2025
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Jon Hansen Patricia Miller
Speaker of the House Chief Clerk
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Chris Karr Peggy Laurenz
President Pro Tempore Secretary of the Senate
of the Senate