State Constitutional Conventions

Calls Grow for Constitutional Convention
New York Times
Few New Yorkers would disagree that the state's politics are broken. Even fewer are the number of proposed fixes that have actually become law. Now in the weeks since a partisan power struggle in the state Senate brought New York’s government to new heights of chaos, a growing chorus is calling for a more radical approach: a constitutional convention to rewrite the state’s very political DNA.
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Michigan Voters Will Vote in 2010 On Constitutional Convention

Michigan's Constitution calls for a vote by the people every 16 years as to whether we should have a con con. 2010 is the year for the most recent vote. Voters have always turned this down at the ballot box, but with all the problems facing Michigan will the Michigan voter again turn down this opportunity to "rewrite the state's very political DNA"?