{"id":413,"date":"2014-03-29T21:02:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T21:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/resources\/a-constitutional-convention-for-rhode-island\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T14:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T18:31:03","slug":"a-constitutional-convention-for-rhode-island","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/resources\/a-constitutional-convention-for-rhode-island\/","title":{"rendered":"A Constitutional Convention for Rhode Island?"},"template":"","class_list":["post-413","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource_type-guide"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"A resource page for information about the 2014 Constitutional Convention referendum in Rhode Island.","featured_image":"","resource_type":180,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":42},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"In 2014 Common Cause Rhode Island engaged in an educational campaign around the Constitutional Convention referendum. These are some of the resources we developed and made available to the public, including a March 29, 2014 event co-hosted with the Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership at Bryant University, the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island, and Roger Williams University School of Law.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/MasterAgenda.pdf\">Agenda for \u2018A Constitutional Convention for Rhode Island?\u2019<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Video of the constitutional convention forum:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/pcTXZ8QI42Q\">Part One<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G9-cA5_bXXk\">Part Two<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1986-ConCon-Fact-Sheet.pdf\">1986 ConCon fact sheet<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ConCon-Primer.pdf\">Legislatively initiated constitutional change in Rhode Island: 2004-2014<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WilliamsTarrIntro.docx\">Getting from here to there: Twenty-First Century mechanisms and opportunities in state constitutional reform by G. 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Williams<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/RICCP_Info_Sheet.pdf\">An infographic explaining the constitutional convention process from 1984-1986.<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Excerpts of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanstatecurrent.com\/interview\/a-constitutional-convention-for-rhode-island-the-history-and-legal-framework\/\">John Marion\u2019s talk<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanstatecurrent.com\/interview\/a-constitutional-convention-for-rhode-island-how-the-state-constitution-is-not-just-a-mini-federal-constitution\/\">Tarr and Williams\u2019 talks<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanstatecurrent.com\/interview\/a-constitutional-convention-for-rhode-island-the-pros-and-cons-of-democracy-and-rights\/\">Brown, Goldstein and Flanders panel<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1986-ConCon-Campaign-Finance-Summary.pdf\">1985 election of delegates campaign finance summary<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Constitutional-Convention-Campaign-Finance-data.xlsx\">1985 election of delegates campaign finance data spreadsheet<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/241703616-1986-ConCon-Voters-Guide.pdf\">1986 Voters\u2019 Guide to Fourteen Ballot Questions for Constitutional Revision<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1986-Con-Con-Law-1985-CH-326.pdf\">1985 Public Law authorizing the election of delegates<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1986_Ballot_new.pdf\">1986 ballot question language<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/RI-Constitutional-Conventions-History.pdf\">History of Rhode Island constitutional conventions prepared by RI State Archives<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Constitutional Convention for Rhode Island? 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