The question voters will decide next week is posed by law every 10 years in the state. If approved, each of the state's 75 ...

A rare copy of the United States Constitution, printed after the 1787 Constitutional Convention, has sold for more than $11 million during a live auction in Asheville, North Carolina, on Thursday ...

A few days later at his Charlottesville home, Farmer said he compared the document to photos of the 1787 ... was finalized after the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787.

In the Electoral College, each state gets ‘electors’ or votes based on its congressional seats (which is largely in line with ...

This year, Rhode Island voters are being asked to decide if the state should hold a constitutional convention. A constitutional convention − should a majority of voters endorse Question 1 in ...

The two major parties, with some exceptions, have lined up on either ends of the question -- Republicans for it and Democrats ...

Voters approved measures that created an ethics commission and civil rights protections, while rejecting an abortion ban.

Forty years ago, Rhode Island became the last state to hold a constitutional convention, and one state senator notes some lawmakers have fought every 10 years to prevent another one As a young ...

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 ...

For example, James Madison, who’s really kind of leading this discussion throughout the (Constitutional) Convention, he advocates for it. He says twice that he thinks that’s the best choice.

On Nov. 5, West Virginians will decide whether to amend the state constitution to ban medically assisted suicide, euthanasia and mercy killing. Here’s what you need to know to decide whether to vote ...

In theory, Question 1 on Rhode Island's November ballot − asking whether the state should hold a constitutional convention − is nonpartisan. There's no reason a convention would necessarily ...