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constitutional convention
October 31, 2022
Grace Segers
The Critically Important Alaska Election That You Haven’t Heard About
Voters in the Great North will choose whether to hold a constitutional convention, which opponents say could open the door to restricting abortion rights.
November 7, 2017
Sarah Jones
A New York state constitutional convention would be very risky.
October 6, 2017
Kylie Noble
Irish Politicians Don’t Want to Legalize Abortion—But the People Do
Ireland's abortion ban has been in place for decades. But a new experiment in direct democracy might change that.
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