http://www.crcmich.org en-us elupher@crcmich.org (Eric Lupher) 30 http://crcmich.org/rss/concon022010.html The second in the Citizens Research Council of Michigan's series of papers about state constitutional issues focuses on Michigan's constitutional history. The people of Michigan have adopted four constitutions (1835, 1850, 1908 and 1963), have rejected two (1867 and 1873) and failed to approve the calling of a convention on 11 occasions (most recently in 1994). *A Brief Michigan Constitutional History* describes the successful and unsuccessful votes to convene constitutional conventions and approve revised constitutions. It also compares the issues that led to a successful convening and revision of the constitution in the early 1960s to the issues voters are likely to consider in deciding this year's question. Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:30:00 EST http://crcmich.org/rss/concon012010.html The Citizens Research Council of Michigan has released the first of a series of papers analyzing issues that voters may use to decide their vote on Proposal 1 on the November 2, 2010 ballot. Proposal 1 will ask Michigan voters whether a constitutional convention should be convened for the purpose of a general revision of the state Constitution. The 1963 Michigan Constitution provides in Article XII, Section 3, that in 1978 and every 16 years thereafter the question of a general revision of the constitution shall be submitted to the electors of the state. CRC plans to release analysis of the con-con question in a series of papers to be released on roughly a bi-weekly schedule. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST