The United States provides for such a convention if two-thirds of state legislatures pass resolutions supporting it, though ...

The question appears on the ballot every 16 years. Michigan's last constitutional convention happened in 1961.

A minimum of 34 states would need to approve such a move for a convention to occur. Nevertheless, the current initiative led ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question 1 on the ballot in November asked voters whether Rhode Island should hold a constitutional convention. A State House ...

THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT 430. A DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWMAKER NOW HAS SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AND WANTS THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE TO WITHDRAW ALL OF ...

Two of California’s last three governors have wanted to help organize and promote constitutional conventions, either on the state or federal level. They’ve both been dangerously wrong about this.

This year, Rhode Island voters are being asked to decide if the state should hold a constitutional convention. A constitutional convention − should a majority of voters endorse Question 1 in November ...

A Louisiana lawmaker prefiled a bill Monday that would call for a constitutional convention to convene at the end of 2026.

Over a half-century ago, as secretary and elected delegate to the 1973 Constitutional Convention, I drafted and helped secure the enactment of the present Rhode Island Constitution’s provision Article ...

The standard explanation for the Constitutional Convention was that the Articles of Confederation were a failure. However, ...

Though Colorado was on the verge of statehood in early 1876, it wouldn’t have a Capitol building for almost another 20 years.