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Two ballot measures were certified to appear on the Virginia ballot on November 8, 2016. One measure was approved and one measure was defeated.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • One of the certified measures, Question 1, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment designed to add a section to the Virginia Constitution that would make it illegal for workplaces to require labor union membership for employees.
  • The other certified measure, Question 2, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment designed to provide certain property tax exemptions to surviving spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.

    • Getting measures on the ballot

    As of 2016, Virginia did not allow the initiative and referendum process, so all ballot measures needed to be referred by the legislature. The 2016 state legislative session ran from January 13, 2016, through March 11, 2016, during which time the legislature had the power to place legislatively referred constitutional amendments on the ballot. Legislatively referred amendments can be proposed by either house of the legislature and must be approved by a simple majority of members of both houses during two consecutive legislative sessions. Once on the ballot, amendments must be approved by a simple majority of electors to be enacted.

    Historical facts

    See also: List of Virginia ballot measures
    • Between 1996 and 2016, 29 measures appeared on the ballot in Virginia.
    • From 1996 to 2016, the average number of measures appearing on the ballot in even-numbered years is three.
    • Of the 29 measures voted on between 1996 and 2016, 25, or 86 percent, were approved, and four, or 14 percent, were defeated.

    On the ballot

    Type Title Subject Description Result
    LRCA Question 1 Labor Makes mandatory membership in a labor union illegal
    Defeatedd
    LRCA Question 2 Taxes Tax exemption for spouses of public employees killed in line of duty
    Approveda

    Not on the ballot

    See also: Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
    Type Title Subject Description Result
    LRCA Civil Rights Restoration for Felons Amendment Suffrage Authorizes the legislature to provide for the restoration of civil rights to nonviolent felons who have completed their sentences Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
    LRCA Independent Redistricting Commission Amendment Redistricting Establishes a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission to draw congressional and legislative districts Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
    LRCA Charter School Establishment Amendment Education Empowers the Board of Education to establish charter schools within school divisions Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot


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