South Dakotans will get to vote on a grocery tax repeal this November

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - South Dakota and Mississippi are the only two states with a full sales tax on groceries. Despite past efforts to change this in the South Dakota Legislature, nothing has materialized, however, this November, South Dakotans will have a chance to vote on the issue.

Currently, people in South Dakota pay a 4.2% tax on groceries. Dakotans for Health Co-founder Rick Weiland opposes the tax, and he sponsored an initiated measure to put this issue to a vote. Weiland said he received word from the South Dakota Secretary of State’s office that his petition gathered more than enough signatures to get this on the ballot in November.

“We turned in over 25,000 signatures on the 24th of April,” Weiland said. “And a couple of days ago, we got notified that we had more than enough.”

Despite receiving public support from Governor Kristi Noem and each of the 11 Democrats in state legislature, no significant laws were passed to reduce or repeal grocery taxes.

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