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Sioux Falls council advances rival proposals on election timing and lowers runoff threshold to 35% for council seats (to second reading)
Summary
Councilors moved two competing ordinances setting the city's regular election date (June 2, 2026, and Nov. 3, 2026) and advanced an amendment to lower the runoff threshold for council seats to 35%; all three items were sent to second reading after extensive debate on turnout, campaign cost and election legitimacy.
The Sioux Falls City Council on June 17 voted unanimously to send to second reading two ordinances proposing different regular election dates for the 2026 city elections and an ordinance amending city code to change the runoff threshold for council seats.
Councilor Richard Thomason sponsored an ordinance setting the regular election date for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026; Councilor McCurris sponsored a counterpart ordinance setting the date for Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Both ordinances were advanced to second reading, 8–0, for additional public input and deliberation.
Councilors also advanced an ordinance amending Chapter 38 of the municipal code to lower the runoff threshold for council races from a majority…
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