South Dakota voters rejected a measure that would have made it easier for carbon pipeline developers to construct their pipeline in the state.

The bill would have benefitted a pipeline planned by Ames-based Summit Carbon Solutions by instituting a relatively large number of changes to laws affecting "linear transmission facilities," or pipelines,

A proposed law regulating carbon dioxide pipelines was losing in unofficial South Dakota election results. The tally was 60% against Referred Law 21 and 40% in favor as of 8 a.m. Central time Wednesday,

Voters in South Dakota and North Dakota rejected a ballot measure meant to legalize recreational marijuana. As election results continued to come in on Wednesday morning, CNN, NBC News and South Dakota news station KELOLand News reported that South Dakota's Measure 29 and North Dakota's Initiated Measure 5 failed.

A proposed $8.9-billion carbon-capture pipeline that has polarized the US Corn Belt has hit another setback in the critical state of South Dakota.

South Dakotans voted to support the amendment while 61% voted in opposition, according to the Secretary of State's website.

South Dakota residents voted to repeal Senate Bill 201, legislation meant to pave the way for the construction of a major carbon pipeline across the Midwest, a controversial project supported by local corn grower associations but opposed by environmentalists and many local landowners.