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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Proposed constitutional amendment would put congressional and state legislative redistricting in the hands of an 11-person panel comprised of the public, rather than legislative leaders or judges.

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 ...

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 ...

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