Virginia Question 2, Remove Prohibition on the Incorporation of Churches Amendment (2006)

Virginia Question 2
Election date November 7, 2006
Topic Business regulations and Religion-related policy
Status Approved
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Virginia Question 2 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Virginia on November 7, 2006. It was approved.

A “yes” vote supported removing the provision that prohibits churches from incorporating, a provision which was declared unconstitutional.

A “no” vote opposed removing the provision that prohibits churches from incorporating, a provision which was declared unconstitutional.

Election results

Virginia Question 2
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,426,248	65.19%
No		761,632	34.81%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Question 2 was as follows:

“

Shall Section 14 of Article IV of the Constitution of Virginia be amended by deleting the provision that prohibits the incorporation of churches, a provision that was ruled to be unconstitutional and therefore now is obsolete?

”

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Virginia Constitution

A simple majority vote is required during two successive legislative sessions for the Virginia General Assembly to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in the Virginia House of Delegates and 21 votes in the Virginia State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

2006 Measures

• 2006 Measures
• Business regulations on the ballot
• Religion-related policy on the ballot
• 2006 legislative sessions

Virginia

• Virginia ballot measures
• Virginia ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• Virginia Department of Elections, "Historical Elections Database"