A pocket veto is a unique way for an executive to veto a piece of legislation. In a pocket veto:

a. The legislature has the ability to override the veto with a 2/3 vote.
b. The executive has to keep the bill in his or her pocket for 14 business days unsigned, then it dies.
c. The executive puts a bill in the "veto" pocket of the folder the bill was delivered in, as opposed to the "signed" pocket of the folder.
d. A bill is killed if the executive does not sign it within a certain amount of time.

d

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