The citizens' guide to a modern constitutional convention /

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Corporate Authors: Civic Research Alliance (Pa.), Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Commission
Other Authors: Moyer, Kerry L, Podvia, Mark
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harrisburg, Pa. : Civic Research Alliance, 2009
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Table of Contents:
  • Executive summary
  • Introduction
  • 1. A brief history of constitutional convention in Pennsylvania
  • 2. Fundamental principles that shaped the Pennsylvania constitutional convention experience
  • 3. Logistics, planning, and facilitation of a constitutional convention in Pennsylvania
  • 4. Citizen participation
  • 5. The basis for a limited constitutional convention in Pennsylvania
  • 6. What needs to happen after a constitutional convention?
  • 7. Other avenues for constitutional change
  • 8. Issues that require change to the Pennsylvania constitution
  • 9. Observations of the Constituional Convention Commission
  • References
  • Appendix A. Preamble to the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
  • Appendix B. Examples of resolutions introduced during the Pennsylvania Constitution Convention of 1872-1873
  • Appendix C. No. 400: An act
  • Appendix D. Changes to the Pennsylvania constitution proposed by the Woodside Commission
  • Appendix E. Examples of proposals by delegates to the 1967-1968 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention
  • Appendix F. An example from the preparatory committee for the 1967-1968 convention
  • Appendix G. Constitutional convention process by state