Ballot measure · Vermont · November 3, 2026

Proposal 4

Title as the state lists it: Declaration of rights; government for the people; equality of rights1,2,3

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
A majority of the votes on it
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

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A yes vote

A yes vote would add an article to the Vermont Constitution guaranteeing equal protection under the law and barring the State from denying equal treatment because of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or national origin, while allowing measures meant to give equal treatment and opportunity to groups that have faced discrimination.3 Sec. 2

A no vote

A no vote would leave the Vermont Constitution without this article, so it would not contain this equal protection guarantee, this list of traits on which the State may not deny equal treatment, or this statement allowing measures for groups that have faced discrimination.3 Sec. 2

More about it

If approved, the new article would become part of the Vermont Constitution as of the November 3, 2026 election date.3 Sec. 3

§2How it got on the ballot

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Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3

The Senate proposed this amendment and the House concurred in the 2023-2024 session (adopted by the Senate and House as of May 10, 2024), and after the 2025-2026 General Assembly acted on it, it was delivered to the Secretary of State on June 3, 2026 under the constitution's amendment procedure, which sends it to the voters.2,4,5 Last recorded action; Vt. Const. ch. II, § 72

It is on Vermont's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2,6,7 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Vermont's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

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A majority of the votes on it. The amendment is adopted if a majority of the voters voting on it approve it.5 Vt. Const. ch. II, § 72