Pennsylvania Governor urges statewide referendum for constitutional convention

January 15, 2010

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania is in the midst of a budget crisis, according to reports, and Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell is looking toward a constitutional convention question in the fall to help solve it. Rendell has been a proponent of a constitutional convention, and will try to pressure legislature to send the measure to the November 2, 2010 ballot.

If sent to the ballot and enacted by voters, the convention would not appear until 2011. According to Tim Potts, member of Democracy Rising PA, a constitutional convention would alter the procedures in legislature, which would create a positive outcome. According to Potts, “I'm skeptical that things will get any better in 2010 in terms of the budget. Having gone through the 2009 ordeal [with the late budget], they should be ready to try a different approach, but there is no reason to believe they will.”

See also

• Governor of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Legislature
• List of Pennsylvania ballot measures
• Iowa Constitutional Convention Question (2010)
• Maryland Constitutional Convention Question (2010)
• Michigan Constitutional Convention (2010)
• Montana Constitutional Convention Question (2010)