To: Tax-chick
In some states, the constitution can be changed by popular vote.
In some of those states, the question of reconstructing the constitution comes up on the ballot every 20 years or so in a simple question such as: Should the state of X revise the current constitution?
To: Das Outsider
I've never lived in one of those states. We always had constitutional amendments one at a time on the ballot - or sometimes four or five at a time, for the most piddling stuff!
When Oklahoma became a state, they submitted their constitution to the national government for approval, and President Theodore Roosevelt said something like, "That is the WORST governing document I have ever seen!"
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01/06/2006 6:04:29 PM PST by
Tax-chick
(I am just not sure how to get from here to where we want to be.)
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