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In ConCon fight, roles are reversed
Category: Constitutional Convention · State: Hawaii · Source: Honolulu Advertiser
The last time Hawai'i held a Constitutional Convention, in 1978, the focus was on a political power struggle between the "haves" and the "have-nots." In many ways, that same picture is emerging today as the state contemplates holding yet another convention to look at, and possibly revise, our constitution. The big difference is that the forces that want change and those who are comfortable with the status quo have — in many respects — switched sides. Proponents this year of a Constitutional Convention, ConCon for short, include some conservative groups and the Republican Party, who have made league with political leaders who are deeply frustrated with the ability of the Legislature to deal with today's problems. Opposing the ConCon are many labor unions and a loose coalition of environmentalists, Native Hawaiian groups and social reformers who fear gains made in the previous two conventions could be lost.
Judge orders state to scrap ballot wording month before vote
Category: Constitutional Convention · State: Illinois · Source: Medill Reports
In an unprecedented move just 34 days before the election, a Cook County judge on Wednesday ordered the language of a statewide referendum on the constitutional convention modified, calling aspects of the current proposal misleading and false. Circuit Judge Nathaniel R. Howse said he was not persuaded that the language in the call for a constitutional convention was accurate and ordered the state to draft notices informing voters of the change to the original ballot question by Friday. “What I’m trying to do is do the right thing by the people of Illinois,” Howse said during a hearing that featured testimony in lawsuits filed against Secretary of State Jesse White and the Illinois State Board of Elections on the referendum’s wording.
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