With Democrats calling the changes an “assault on the very spirit of Florida’s democracy,” the Republican-controlled Legislature on Friday finalized a plan that will impose additional hurdles on the ...
Whenever there’s a procedural debate in the House, the discussion inevitably turns to why the amendment process has become so closed — especially to any opportunities for the minority party to offer ...
Jamie Raskin, the Democratic representative of Maryland, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would start the removal process of President Donald Trump from the White House. While a long-shot attempt in ...
Florida and Arkansas both recently added restrictions to the citizen amendment process, after ballot measures to expand abortion rights were successful in other states. By Emily Cochrane Reporting ...
Delawareans may soon get a say on proposed amendments to the state’s constitution. A House bill introduced May 21, this first-leg constitutional amendment would lay down a new foundation for the ...
A July 2 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims the rules that limit a president's time in the White House aren't legitimate. “Congress violated the Constitution in 1951 when they put term ...
Florida lawmakers are advancing bills to significantly increase the difficulty and cost of citizen-led ballot initiatives. The proposed legislation mandates a $1 million bond, background checks for ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) committed to having an “amendment process” for the Laken Riley Act as the chamber continues to work through passing the bill in the coming days. Thune’s ...
Read full article: Some Orange County residents want a rural boundary. What does that mean? Ballot testing during Orange County's logic and accuracy test for voting systems for the August election.
Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.