I spent my Independence Day in an e-mail exchange with Dr. Rob Natelson, who has done the research for the COS movement. He provided me with another document that lays out the legal concepts behind COS. While the ALEC document that I cite in my boilerplate entry to these threads is intended for laymen and state legislators, this document is intended for lawyers. In addition to consisting of papers by Michael Farris and Natelson, there are reprints of law review articles pertinent to this effort. It's not easy reading, but it's worth printing off and storing in a binder. This document answered a lot of questions and cleared up areas that I had previously considered unclear. It's a worth a look.
It also invalidated the 1973 ABA report that I have cited in the past, so I will no longer be citing that in these threads.
State Initiation of Constitutional Amendments: A Guide for Lawyers and Legislative Drafters