Oklahoma House passes constitutional convention bill

[Old Fart]

The Oklahoma House has adopted a resolution that asks voters to decide whether to call a constitutional convention to consider possible changes to Oklahoma’s Constitution.

The resolution by Republican Rep. Gary Banz of Midwest City was approved without debate Wednesday on a 72-4 vote. It now goes to the state Senate for consideration.

The measure says the state Constitution requires that voters decide at least every 20 years whether a constitutional convention should be convened. But the last resolution on a constitutional convention was submitted to a vote of the people in March 1970.

A referendum to eliminate the requirement that a constitutional convention proposal be submitted to the people every 20 years was defeated during a general election on Nov. 8, 1994.


http://newsok.com/oklahoma-house-passes-constitutional-convention-bill/article/3942435

When you think about some of the folks who live here now this could get scary.

 

[TallPrairie]

I'll praise the House for going forward with this resolution.

"Con cons" are risky. Some weird stuff might go down if we hold one. I will likely vote "No" on the con con if this measure makes it to the ballot.

However, the plain language of the state constitution says that the voters shall be asked every 20 years whether we want to hold such a convention, and that constitutional requirement has simply been ignored for decades.

The government must follow the law too.