2024 Voter Guide – SD LEGISLATURE
You’ll find information on:
Sanctity of Life
Do the candidates support protections for unborn life?
Education Options
Do the candidates support all forms of education, including private schools and home school?
Marijuana Regulations
Are the candidates committed to keeping marijuana from running rampant in our communities?
Age Verification
Do the candidates support safeguards to keep young children from accessing explicit content online?
DISTRICT 21
Green: Strong voting record or survey response
Grey: Mixed voting record or inconclusive survey response
Red: Weak voting record or survey response
“S” inside the circle: Survey results from a new candidate (no voting record)
Blank: No voting record or survey answer
For full details on scoring, click here.
| 1) LIFE – Do the candidates support the sanctity of life? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Erin Tobin | R | Candidate has a strong pro-life voting record (Life bills, 2023-24) | |
| Mykala Voita | R | Candidate indicated support for bills protecting life and commented: I believe life begins at conception and should be protected. | |
| Dan Andersson | D | Candidate indicated opposition to bills protecting life and commented: An abortion is a complex moral decision, and it is every woman’s right to take for herself, not for the government to decide. | |
| House | ||
| Lee Qualm | R | Candidate has a strong pro-life voting record (SDRTL, 2019-20) |
| Marty Overweg | R | Candidate has a strong pro-life voting record (Life bills, 2023-24) |
| Jim Halverson | R | Candidate did not respond |
| 2) EDUCATION OPTIONS – Do the candidates support expanded options for education? (Ex: Private school opportunities, homeschooling, etc.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Erin Tobin | R | Candidate has a 100% record of support for education options (3/3) | |
| Mykala Voita | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide greater educational options and commented: Parents should have the ability to send their children to the educational facility that they believe is best for them. | |
| Dan Andersson | D | Candidate indicated opposition to bills that provide greater educational options and commented: Homeschooling should be tightly regulated. Parents should not be allowed to teach their children falsehoods, we need to protect our children from dangerous brain-washing. | |
| House | ||
| Lee Qualm | R | Candidate has a 100% record of support for education options (2/2) |
| Marty Overweg | R | Candidate has a 100% record of support for education options (4/4) |
| Jim Halverson | R | Candidate did not respond |
| 3) MARIJUANA REGULATIONS – Do the candidates support reasonable regulations on marijuana? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Erin Tobin | R | Candidate has an F rating for marijuana regulations (PSDK, 2024) | |
| Mykala Voita | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide reasonable marijuana regulations | |
| Dan Andersson | D | Candidate indicated opposition to bills that provide reasonable marijuana regulations and commented: The government should not dictate to adults whether or not they can consume marijuana. | |
| House | ||
| Lee Qualm | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that provide reasonable marijuana regulations |
| Marty Overweg | R | Candidate has a D rating for marijuana regulations (PSDK, 2024) |
| Jim Halverson | R | Candidate did not respond |
| 4) AGE VERIFICATION – Do the candidates support legislation to require age-verification for explicit websites? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | |||
| Erin Tobin | R | Candidate has a voting record of opposition to age-verification legislation (HB1257, 2024) | |
| Mykala Voita | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that require age verification for explicit websites and commented: The things our children can easily access on line are disgusting! | |
| Dan Andersson | D | Candidate indicated support for bills that require age verification for explicit websites | |
| House | ||
| Lee Qualm | R | Candidate indicated support for bills that require age verification for explicit websites and commented: 8 states have done this and to say we have a summer study to determine if this is the right thing to do is crazy. |
| Marty Overweg | R | Candidate has a voting record of support for age-verification legislation (HB1257, 2024) |
| Jim Halverson | R | Candidate did not respond |
