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1) Re: 2008 House Bill 6468 (Constitutional convention candidate campaign finance disclosure )  by crazycajun on December 8, 2008 

 so, why hasn't it been a HIGH PRIORITY up until now?

come to think of it, why haven't ANY of the things you listed been a HIGH PRIORITY up until now?

could it be that the "POWERS THAT BE " in michigan don't WANT campaign finance reform?

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2) Re: 2008 House Bill 6468 (Constitutional convention candidate campaign finance disclosure )  by SaneMichigander on December 7, 2008 

The House Legislative Analysis of this bill reports
pertinent facts:

 

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“In the General Election scheduled for November 2, 2010,
voters will decide whether to call a constitutional convention to revise the
Michigan Constitution adopted by voters in 1963.  A vote to convene a constitutional convention is placed on
the ballot every 16 years, as is required by Article XII, Section 3 of the
Constitution, itself.

 

For example, debate might concern, among other things, state
legislative and congressional district reapportionment; the appointment rather
than election of judges; the appointment rather than election of board members
to university boards; revision or repeal of term limits; elimination of the
prohibition on the death penalty; restoration of affirmative action programs by
state government and public universities; abortion rights; elimination of the
prohibition on public aid to non-public education; and equitable funding for
public schools.

 

“If a majority of voters in Michigan vote "Yes" on
the question of whether to convene a convention, an election will be held
within six months to elect delegates. 
A total of 148 delegates would be elected at a partisan election--one
person from each state representative district, and one from each state senate
district. Those delegates would then convene at Lansing on the first Tuesday in
October following their selection (or at an earlier date if provided by law)
and form a constitutional convention, at which changes to the state's then
48-year old constitution would be researched, debated, and voted on.

 

“The candidates who stand for election as delegates to a
constitutional convention run for that office in the districts of their state
representatives and state senators. 
Like them, they run in partisan elections.  Unlike their state representatives and state senators, the
candidates seeking to represent their districts at the constitutional
convention are not required to file campaign financial disclosure reports.”

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And:

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“House Bill 6468 would amend the Michigan Campaign Finance
Act to require that constitutional convention delegates comply with the act in
the same manner as do those holding state elective office.

 

“Currently under the law, "state elective office"
is defined to mean a statewide elective office (that is, governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, or attorney general, justice of the supreme
court, member of the state board of education, regent of the University of
Michigan, member of the board of trustees of Michigan State University, or
member of the board of governors of Wayne State University), or the office of
state representative.  House Bill
6468 would expand the definition to also include ‘a constitutional convention
delegate.’”

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This proposal is simply a matter of requiring the same level
of public accountability for Constitutional Convention delegate candidates as
is required of candidates for other state level elective offices.  It is appropriate to remember that our State Constitution is the law that rules all state laws.  That makes whoever gets elected to
draft a proposed new Constitution a matter of first-level importance to
Michigan citizens. 

 

If HB 6468 fails to pass in the current legislative session, now
coming to a close, then its reintroduction and passage should be a matter of
high priority in the new session beginning January 2009.

 

 

 

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3) Re: easy, dipweed  by crazycajun on November 23, 2008 

 let's see if dipweed will sign in with a user name and continue this conversation.

i doubt he will.

he hasn't the stomach to crawl out from under the rock of anonymity and stand in the daylight and defend his twisted views.

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