2022 Vermont Proposal 2

Proposal 2

November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)

Slavery Prohibition Amendment[1]
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 238,466 88.71%
No 30,335 11.29%
Valid votes 268,801 92.07%
Invalid or blank votes 23,154 7.93%
Total votes 291,955 100.00%

County results

The 2022 Prohibit Slavery and Indentured Servitude Amendment, officially titled the "Slavery Prohibition Amendment", and listed on the ballot as Proposition 2, was a legislatively referred constitutional amendment that was adopted on November 8, 2022, by a landslide majority of 88.7% of voters. It clarified the state's ban on slavery to include involuntary servitude and all other forms into the Constitution of Vermont. It was signed into the constitution by Republican governor Phil Scott on December 13th, 2022, along with Proposition 5.[2]

  1. ^ "2022 General Election Constitutional Amendment Question". Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Proposal 2 and Proposal 5 signed into law in Vermont". WPTZ News. December 14, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2024.