Types of ballot measures in Vermont
Initiated |
• Initiated constitutional amendment |
• Initiated state statute |
• Veto referendum |
Legislative |
• Legislative constitutional amendment |
• Legislative state statute |
• Legislative bond issue |
• Advisory question |
Other |
• Automatic ballot referral |
• Commission-referred measure |
• Convention-referred amendment |
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In Vermont, the state legislature can vote to refer measures to the ballot. Citizens of Vermont do not have the power to initiate statewide ballot measures. This page provides an overview of the different types of ballot measures that can appear on state ballots in Vermont.
The types of state ballot measures in Vermont are:
Citizen-initiated ballot measures
In Vermont, citizens do not have the power to initiate ballot measures at the state level.
Legislative referrals
Legislatively referred constitutional amendments
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required in the Vermont State Senate and a simple majority vote is required in the Vermont House of Representatives in the first legislative session. A simple majority vote is required in both chambers in the second legislative session to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 20 votes in the Vermont State Senate and 76 votes in the Vermont House of Representatives in the first session and 16 votes in the state senate and 76 votes in the state house in the second session, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
Advisory questions
- See also: Advisory question
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Vermont State Legislature to place an advisory question on the ballot. That amounts to 16 votes in the state senate and 76 votes in the state house, assuming no vacancies.
Other types of ballot measures
Most ballot measures are placed on the ballot through citizen initiatives or legislative processes. Others are placed on the ballot automatically, by a special commission, or by a state constitutional convention. The following is a list of different types of state ballot measures:
See also
- List of Vermont ballot measures
- Laws governing ballot measures in Vermont
- Laws governing the initiative process
- States with initiative or referendum
- States without initiative or referendum
- Amending state constitutions
Footnotes
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