The Iowa state constitution is on display in Secretary of State Paul Pate's office in 2016. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words ...

NEWS. A NEW PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LOOKS TO CHANGE THE WAY ARKANSANS BRING ISSUES TO THE BALLOT. TODAY- THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS SUBMITTED A BALLOT TITLE THEY SAY ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER ...

The United States Constitution is the founding document of our democracy and yet the process for changing it is in danger of becoming politicized. On Dec. 16, the New York Times reported, “Some ...

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 ...

Three days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill (HB 1205) making it more challenging to place citizen-led constitutional amendments on the ballot, an organization working on just such an ...

DES MOINES — Iowans would be able to start the process of amending the state’s Constitution — removing the need for state lawmakers to take the first steps — under a proposal introduced this week by ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed into law a bill to make it more difficult for citizens to get constitutional amendments on the ballot, like ones in recent years that raised the minimum wage to $15 and ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis teed up changes to Florida's citizen-led constitutional amendment process in his Monday call for a special legislative session. Why it matters: DeSantis' comments signal that he ...

Governor DeSantis signs a bill shaking up the rules on citizen-led ballot measures. This week of NewsNight, Governor DeSantis signs a bill supporters say will crackdown on fraud in the citizen-led ...

Sangwa stressed that constitutional changes must reinforce, rather than weaken, democratic safeguards. He said no amendment ...