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Endorsements<\/h1>\n

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Note: Politician endorsements for convening a constitutional convention often have a Machiavellian dynamic in a way that is not common among advocacy groups. Although the vast majority of incumbents will oppose convening a constitutional convention, they will usually avoid expressing and acting upon such views publicly, especially if it looks like the referendum will be defeated anyway. It is also common for politicians who oppose convening a convention to take a neutral public stance or to passively support one, if only to take an issue issue away from an opponent. \u00a0Instead, they will express their opposition via surrogates and procedural maneuvers that harm the democratic responsiveness of the convention mechanism.<\/p>\n

Of all candidates for state office, gubernatorial ones tend to be most resistant to publicly opposing a convention. \u00a0This can be attributed to the high visibility and majoritarian nature of gubernatorial politics. \u00a0As an analogy, gubernatorial candidates will rarely publicly oppose meaningful redistricting reform and often publicly endorse such reform in their platforms, but this doesn’t mean that if they win office they will genuinely fight for such reform.<\/p>\n

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Vote Yes<\/h2>\n

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The Yes Coalition<\/h3>\n

RenewRI<\/a>, launched August 20, 2014. \u00a0TV interview<\/a> with the Gary Sasse and Phil West, leaders of RenewRI.<\/p>\n

Other (this information was not updated\u00a0after the yes coalition was formed)<\/h3>\n

Individual Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity. \u00a0See The Path to a Constitutional Convention<\/a>, August 7, 2014. \u00a0See its<\/span> web page<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for additional information.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rhode Island Taxpayers. \u00a0See\u00a0Group has raised $59,000 to oppose R.I. Constitutional Convention \u2013 RI Taxpayers supports a Constitutional Convention<\/a>, July 19, 2014.<\/p>\n

Operation Clean Government. \u00a0See\u00a0Edgar, Randall,\u00a0Operation Clean Government pushes for R.I. Constitutional Convention<\/a>,\u00a0Providence Journal<\/em>, November 22, 2013.<\/p>\n

Politicians<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carlevale, John, Candidate for Rhode Island Secretary of State. \u00a0See Carlevale Plans To Support Constitutional Convention,\u00a0\u00a0Press Release, August 2014. See John Carlevale campaign website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cullen, John, Candidate for Rhode Island House of Representatives, District 46. \u00a0See Cullen encourages voters to approve Constitutional Convention<\/a>, The Valley Breeze<\/em>, August 26, 2014.<\/p>\n

Block, Ken, Gubernatorial Candidate, Moderate Party. \u00a0See Block, Ken,\u00a0Ken Block: R.I. must hold constitutional convention<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, July 7, 2013. \u00a0See also the Ken Block campaign website<\/a>, including The Block Plan<\/a>, February 25, 2014; revised<\/a>\u00a0June 2014.<\/p>\n

Fung, Allan, Gubernatorial Candidate, Republican Party.\u00a0\u00a0Fung calls on Fox to resign as House speaker<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, 21 March 2014. \u00a0See also June 17, 2014 and July 22, 2014 press releases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Vote No<\/h2>\n

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The No\u00a0Coalition<\/h3>\n

Citizens for Responsible Government<\/a>, launched April 30, 2014. \u00a0 (Contact information and members at launch can be found here<\/a>. \u00a0On September 23, 2014, it launched a new website, http:\/\/rejectquestion3.com, \u00a0alongside its old one,\u00a0http:\/\/ricfrg.org.<\/p>\n

Other (this information was not updated\u00a0after the yes coalition was formed)<\/h3>\n

Individual Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union,\u00a0Steven Brown, Executive Director. \u00a0See Borg, Linda,\u00a03 R.I. experts debate value of a constitutional convention<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, March 29, 2014. \u00a0See RI ACLU’s web page<\/a> for additional information, including statements by Rhode Island AFL-CIO, Latino Public Radio, and Rhode Island Pride.<\/p>\n

Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, James Parisi, Field Representative and Lobbyist, \u00a0See:<\/p>\n

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Rhode Island Tea Party. See Katherine Gregg and Randal Edgar, Tea Party Turned Off<\/a>, Providence Journal<\/em>, May 19, 2014. \u00a0(Scroll to bottom of the article.)<\/p>\n

Secular Coalition for America, Rhode Island branch (SCA Rhode Island), March 29, 2014. \u00a0 See<\/p>\n

\"14-03-29--SecularCoalitionOfRhodeIsland--Tweet\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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