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Vermont Statewide Referendum: Primary Elections Question 1 (1914)
The Vermont Statewide Referendum: Primary Elections Question 1, also known as advisory referendum 491, was on the 1914 ballot in Vermont as an advisory question. It was approved. Question 1 on the advisory referendum 491 asked voters if they favored a preferential primary system to instruct delegates at political conventions as to which candidate to nominate. There was a second question on the advisory referendum that asked a similar question. The referendum was seen as confusing due to the nature of the two questions. The split nature of the vote caused neither option to reach a majority vote. While 58.5 percent voted in favor of the preferential primary, it amounted to only 24 percent of the entire vote between the two questions. Then-Governor Charles Gates asked the legislature to honor the direct primary vote as it received the closest to a majority, 47 percent, of the two options. The legislature voted 147 to 25 to allow direct primaries.[1]
Election results
| Vermont advisory referendum 491 (1914) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 11,312 | 58.51% | ||
| No | 8021 | 41.49% | ||
Election results via: Vermont Secretary of State
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