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Burlington voters approved charter change letting city council redraw ward boundaries without Legislature
Summary
Burlington voters approved a charter amendment allowing the Burlington City Council to propose ward boundary changes — limited to once every five years and still subject to voter approval — removing a requirement that such changes come through the Vermont Legislature.
Burlington voters approved a charter amendment that will allow the Burlington City Council to propose changes to ward and council-district boundaries without sending those proposals to the Vermont Legislature, Burlington City Attorney Jessica Brown told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on May 15, 2025. “There were 9,823 ballots cast, 6,351 in favor of the redistricting charter change proposal. So that was almost 69%,” Brown said.
The amendment keeps a voter-approval step but removes the current requirement that boundary changes be enacted by the General Assembly. Under the proposed language, city council–proposed boundary changes could be made no more frequently than once every five years; any change would still require approval by Burlington…
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