Modify Vote Override

Change your existing stake account vote override on a governance proposal.

Description

If you have already submitted a vote override and want to change your allocation, use this command. The program reverses the effect of your previous override and applies the new values.

Usage


svmgov modify-vote-override \
  --proposal-id "ABC123..." \
  --for-votes 8000 \
  --against-votes 1000 \
  --abstain-votes 1000 \
  --stake-account "StAkE..." \
  --vote-account "VoTe..." \
  --network mainnet \
  --staker-keypair ~/.config/solana/staker.json

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description
`--proposal-id`	String	Yes	Proposal PDA address (base58)
`--for-votes`	u64	Yes	New basis points for For (0–10,000)
`--against-votes`	u64	Yes	New basis points for Against (0–10,000)
`--abstain-votes`	u64	Yes	New basis points for Abstain (0–10,000)
`--stake-account`	String	Yes	Your stake account address (base58)
`--vote-account`	String	Yes	Your validator’s vote account address (base58)
`--network`	String	No	Network override: `mainnet`, `testnet`
`--staker-keypair`	String	Yes	Path to staker keypair JSON

Global Arguments

Option	Short	Description
`--rpc-url <URL>`	`-r`	Custom RPC URL

Requirements

You must have already submitted a vote override for this proposal and stake account
Proposal must still be in the voting phase
New values must still sum to 10,000 basis points

Examples


# Change override to 80% For, 10% Against, 10% Abstain
svmgov modify-vote-override \
  --proposal-id "AbCdEf..." \
  --for-votes 8000 \
  --against-votes 1000 \
  --abstain-votes 1000 \
  --stake-account "StAkE111..." \
  --vote-account "VoTe111..." \
  --network mainnet \
  --staker-keypair ~/.config/solana/staker.json
 
# Change to fully abstain
svmgov modify-vote-override \
  --proposal-id "AbCdEf..." \
  --for-votes 0 \
  --against-votes 0 \
  --abstain-votes 10000 \
  --stake-account "StAkE111..." \
  --vote-account "VoTe111..." \
  --network mainnet \
  --staker-keypair ~/.config/solana/staker.json

Modifying an override re-verifies your Merkle proofs (both MetaMerkle and StakeMerkle levels). Make sure the operator API is reachable.

Cast Vote Override — Initial override command