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Right-to-work amendment will be on ballot in Virginia this November
Right-to-work amendment will be on ballot in Virginia this November
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2016 8:10 pm
By Andrew Cain Richmond Times-Dispatch
In addition to races for president and Congress, Virginians will vote in November on a proposed amendment that would put the provisions of Virginia’s right-to-work law into the state constitution. ... The right-to-work law says that participation in a union may not be a condition for employment in Virginia. ... A second proposed constitutional amendment on the Virginia ballot Nov. 8 is meant to aid the families of first responders killed in the line of duty. ... It would allow localities to exempt a surviving spouse’s real property from taxation.
Virginia has had a right-to-work law since 1947. Backers of the proposed amendment, which the General Assembly passed in party-line votes, say embedding the provision in the state constitution would make it harder for a future General Assembly to undo.
Although the General Assembly may change a law, a constitutional provision can be changed only through another constitutional amendment. ... Such a measure would have to pass the legislature in two separate years and then be approved by the voters in a referendum.
The proposed amendment, sponsored in the House by Del. Dickie Bell, R-Staunton, and in the Senate by Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, has the support of the Virginia Chamber and the National Federation of Independent Business.
Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2016 8:10 pm
By Andrew Cain Richmond Times-Dispatch
In addition to races for president and Congress, Virginians will vote in November on a proposed amendment that would put the provisions of Virginia’s right-to-work law into the state constitution. ... The right-to-work law says that participation in a union may not be a condition for employment in Virginia. ... A second proposed constitutional amendment on the Virginia ballot Nov. 8 is meant to aid the families of first responders killed in the line of duty. ... It would allow localities to exempt a surviving spouse’s real property from taxation.
Virginia has had a right-to-work law since 1947. Backers of the proposed amendment, which the General Assembly passed in party-line votes, say embedding the provision in the state constitution would make it harder for a future General Assembly to undo.
Although the General Assembly may change a law, a constitutional provision can be changed only through another constitutional amendment. ... Such a measure would have to pass the legislature in two separate years and then be approved by the voters in a referendum.
The proposed amendment, sponsored in the House by Del. Dickie Bell, R-Staunton, and in the Senate by Sen. Mark Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, has the support of the Virginia Chamber and the National Federation of Independent Business.
Mark Obenshain was the republican candidate for Attorney General in the 2013 Election. He conceded to his opponent Mark Herring on December 18. The margin was 907 votes.
Virginia Attorney General election, 2013
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