It doesn’t look likely, but the plan for a new constitutional convention in Alabama has an opportunity to be brought to the full house for debate.

The proposal, House Joint Resolution 91, has a long way to go to take effect. If the House debates it, at least 53 of the 104 House members would have to approve for it to pass and face review by the Senate. If the Senate Rules Committee agreed to let the full Senate debate it, the resolution would need support from at least 18 of the 32 senators.

If both the House and Senate passed the resolution, state voters would decide in the June 2010 primaries whether to call a convention. If most voters said no, nothing else would happen. If most said yes, voters in November 2010 would elect 210 people, two from each of Alabama’s 105 House districts, as convention delegates. The two top vote-getters in each district would be elected. The races would be non-partisan.

A candidate for delegate could take no more than a $100 campaign contribution from any one source, but there would be no limit on how much a candidate could spend on his or her own campaign.

Delegates would hold a convention starting in June 2011, and they would decide when to end it. If delegates succeeded in drafting a new constitution, state voters would decide in November 2012 whether to accept it.

If most said yes, the new constitution would take effect Jan. 1, 2013. If most said no, the current constitution would remain in effect.

I have been a long-time supporter of a new constitutional convention. I hope we can make it come to pass.

via Supporters want Alabama House of Representatives to debate constitutional convention plan – al.com.

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