Virginia amends constitution to restrict eminent domain

[JURIST] Virginia voters passed Question 1 [official voter pamphlet, PDF] on Tuesday by 76 percent [Virginia Board of Elections results], amending the state Constitution [materials] to include prohibitions on the State utilizing eminent domain [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to seize private property. Question 1 amends Article 1, Section 11 [text] of the state Constitution to "require that eminent domain only be exercised where the property taken or damaged is for public use and, except for utilities or the...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/virginia-passes-restriction-on-eminent-domain.php

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