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by the people, there had to be a majority
of the people voting at the election.
What can happen under this amend-
ment? What can happen under this section
10.03 as you now have it? Three things
can happen: The legislature can call it.
That brings in a new convention to change
the whole document you wrote.
Or the legislature may submit it to the
people.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : You
time has expired.
DELEGATE WEIDEMEYER: Just a
minute, Mr. President, if I might.
If at that election only one-tenth of
the people voting at the election vote on
that issue, if a bare majority votes on the
issue, they can call a constitutional con-
vention. Rather than having stability and
good government, you are adding instability.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding) : Sorry;
we will close the curtain.
Delegate Winslow.
DELEGATE WINSLOW: Mr. Presi-
dent, may I call the attention of the dele-
gates to a situation we seem to have for-
gotten?
As the section now reads, the General
Assembly by law may call a constitutional
convention. It has already been pointed out
when that language is used the governor
has the veto power. It is not merely a
majority of the two houses of the General
Assembly.
In the second place, when the General
Assembly acts by law under another pro-
vision of this Constitution, such an action
I believe is subject to a referendum, so
that if the people of the State do not want
a Convention, even though the legislature
may say so, they may by referendum pro-
cedure put that to a popular vote, and
thus thwart the legislature in its efforts
to get a Convention, if they so desire.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): Is
there any further discussion?
Delegate Morgan.
DELEGATE MORGAN: Mr. President,
I move the previous question.
(Whereupon the motion wan seconded.)
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): All
in favor of the previous question, say
Aye; opposed, No.
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The Ayes seem to have it. The Ayes
have it.
The members will record their vote on
Amendment No. 8 to Committee Recom-
mendation GP-7, GP-8, GP-9, GP-12, R&P-
1, and LB-3 as amended by Style Com-
mittee Report S&D-17.
Ring the quorum bell, please.
(Whereupon a roll call vote was taken.)
Delegate Boileau.
DELEGATE BOILEAU: No.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): You
are still without a button?
DELEGATE BOILEAU: Yes, I am, Mr.
President.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): The
Clerk will record the vote.
There being 34 votes in the affirmative
and 62 in the negative, the amendment
fails for want of a majority. That is 03,
including Delegate Boileau. There are, 34
in the affirmative. The amendment fails for
want of a majority.
Delegate Grumbacher — Delegate Needle,
do you care to offer your Amendment H?
DELEGATE NEEDLE: Amendment B,
for "beautiful". In the absence of Deleg-ate
Grumbacher, I will offer this amendment.
DELEGATE JAMES (presiding): This
will be Amendment No. 9.
Do you have copies?
The pages will distribute copies of
Amendment B. The clerk will read Amend-
ment B.
READING CLERK: Amendment No. 9
to Committee Recommendations GP-7,
GP-8, GP-9, GP-12, R&P-1, and LB-3 as
amended by Style Committee Report S&D-
17, by Delegates Grumbacher, Needle,
Hardwicke, and Sollins:
On page 2, section 10.03, Constitutional
Convention in line 23 after the period add
the following new sentence: "If a peti-
tion, signed by a number of qualified voters
of the State equal to ten per cent of the
total number of votes cast for Governor
in the most recent gubernatorial election,
provided that not more than one-fourth of
such number shall be voters in any one
county, is filed with the office of Governor
to refer to the voters the question of
calling a constitutional convention, the
question shall be submitted to a vote at
the next general election."
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