by J.H. Snider | Nov 2, 2024 | Blog
The coalition opposing a constitutional convention has promoted bogus arguments to the public, writes the editor of the Rhode Island State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse The “no” coalition opposing a Rhode Island constitutional convention — Question 1 — has...
by J.H. Snider | Oct 19, 2024 | Blog
By now you should have received the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s 2024 Voter Information Handbook, as it was mailed to all registered voters before early voting started on Oct. 16. The Handbook includes an ‘explanation and purpose’ of Question 1: Shall...
by J.H. Snider | Oct 17, 2024 | Blog
Constitutional convention opponents warn of out-of-state money pouring into Rhode Island. But look who the biggest spenders really are leading up to Election Day. Who are the major funders of state constitutional convention referendums? The leaders of Rhode Island’s...
by J.H. Snider | Oct 7, 2024 | Blog
The well-funded coalition of labor and civil liberties groups opposing the calling of a Rhode Island constitutional convention is using the history of Rhode Island’s 1986 convention to make its case. In doing so, the Rhode Island Citizens for...
by J.H. Snider | Oct 3, 2024 | Blog
On Nov. 5, Rhode Islanders will vote on whether to call a constitutional convention. Convention opponents argue that a convention will be as corrupt as the legislature because the legislature and the special interests that excel at influencing it will have excessive...
by J.H. Snider | Sep 7, 2024 | Blog
Many have correctly said that Donald Trump has weird obsessions with crowd sizes and other matters. Well, Rhode Island government has a weird obsession with constitutional convention costs, albeit one that merely mimics the talking points of convention opponents who...
by J.H. Snider | Jun 23, 2024 | Blog
Rhode Island’s Constitution mandates that decennially, next on Nov. 5, 2024, the people of Rhode Island can call a state constitutional convention via a popular referendum. It also mandates that prior to that referendum the state legislature must convene an...
by J.H. Snider | May 12, 2024 | Blog
J.H. Snider is the editor of The Rhode Island State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse. Gary Sasse served as the Rhode Island director of the departments of Administration and Revenue, and executive director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. Once a...
by J.H. Snider | Nov 8, 2014 | Blog
On November 4, 2014, the referendum to convene a Rhode Island state constitutional convention lost by 55.1% to 44.9%. On October 23, Brown University’s Taubman Center published a poll, the results of which were reported in the Providence Journal and Governing...
by J.H. Snider and Beverly Clay | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog
On Monday, October 27, RenewRI, the coalition leading the yes campaign on the constitutional convention referendum in Rhode Island, filed a complaint with the Rhode Island Board of Elections concerning the campaign finance disclosures of The Coalition for Responsible...
