The politics
of constitutional revision
•F. Arkansas’s eighth
constitutional convention, 1978-1980
• 1. The voters rejected the new
constitution by a 2 to 1
margin
• 2. The question of a constitutional
convention was again put to
voters in 1995, but the call was rejected
•G. Statehood for the
District of Columbia
• 1. In 1971 D.C. residents were given
the right to elect a
non-voting delegate to Congress
• 2. In 1974 they obtained the right to
elect their mayor and
city council
• 3. They do not have full
representation in Congress