i can has process, plz?
May. 8th, 2008 01:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyearThe real fundamental flaw in all of this Michigan and Virginia crap: it should not be possible for a constitution to be amended by a simple majority vote.
Better still would be that all constitutional amendments should be decided upon different days from any general election so as to not involve the politics of turnout for a particular candidate to influence it. A constitution should be independent of all other politics, something decided upon because it matters, not because its convenient. Amending a constitution should never be convenient; not for the proposers, not for the approvers.
So may it someday be, but only AFTER we've managed to undo this mess in the 12+ states that have this bullshit (including Virginia's which is even more restrictive than Michigan's).
Better still would be that all constitutional amendments should be decided upon different days from any general election so as to not involve the politics of turnout for a particular candidate to influence it. A constitution should be independent of all other politics, something decided upon because it matters, not because its convenient. Amending a constitution should never be convenient; not for the proposers, not for the approvers.
So may it someday be, but only AFTER we've managed to undo this mess in the 12+ states that have this bullshit (including Virginia's which is even more restrictive than Michigan's).
