Comments on: Iowa Supreme Court To Rule On Same-Sex Marriage Friday http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/04/02/10300 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Titus http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/04/02/10300/comment-page-1#comment-37431 Titus Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:11:31 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=10300#comment-37431 Here is the Iowa Constitution provision relating to how the constitution is amended: http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Constitution.html#a10s1 It appears that there is no provision for a constitutional amendment proposed by petition. A constitutional amendment may be proposed in two ways: (1) by two separate votes of the state legislature (one before, and one after a general election); or (2) by a constitutional convention, which will be summoned if the citizens decide to do so in a referendum. A referendum on summoning a constitutional convention must be held in every year ending with '0,' so the next vote will be held in 2010. Here is the Iowa Constitution provision relating to how the constitution is amended:

http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Constitution.html#a10s1

It appears that there is no provision for a constitutional amendment proposed by petition. A constitutional amendment may be proposed in two ways:

(1) by two separate votes of the state legislature (one before, and one after a general election); or

(2) by a constitutional convention, which will be summoned if the citizens decide to do so in a referendum. A referendum on summoning a constitutional convention must be held in every year ending with ’0,’ so the next vote will be held in 2010.

]]> By: Pomo http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/04/02/10300/comment-page-1#comment-37428 Pomo Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:27:14 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=10300#comment-37428 Heres hoping for the best! Gosh, it'd be great if we could get a state in the middle of the country! Heres hoping for the best! Gosh, it’d be great if we could get a state in the middle of the country!

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