"We've got a message for the local officials who run elections: South Dakota has your back," South Dakota House Majority Leader Will Mortenson said.
South Dakota's top Republican leaders are taking potshots at the newly announced Democratic presidential ticket.
Polls had closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday, but as of 9 p.m. results were not yet available for Ramsey or Dakota Counties.
Measure leader Steve Bakken, a Burleigh County commissioner and former Bismarck mayor, said law enforcement resources would be better directed at opioids and fentanyl than marijuana.