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thing that defeated unicameralism in those states or were

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there different reasons that they were voted down in the

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various states?

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DR. WHEELER: I don't think unicameralism was

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seriously considered anywhere but Alaska, and they dis-

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posed of it rather quickly. There has been a resurgence

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of interest recently. For example, five years ago, I would

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have said yes, I'm for unicameralism, but I won't spend

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five minutes fighting for it. I'd rather fight for other

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things. Now, I think the situation has changed somewhat,

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so there is a basis — I wouldn't say there is support for;

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I'd say there is more of a basis for building support for

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unicameralism. We've only had == how many conventions

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since Baker?

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MR. HARVEY: What did Connecticut do?

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MR. BROOKS: They didn't consider that, I don't

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believe.

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MR. SCANLAN: It's been raised in Connecticut

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and raised and rejected in the Rhode Island convention

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which is still in session and, of course, Baker v. Clark

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was decided in the middle of the convention. That didn't