Constitutional Convention Act

This act establishes the machinery by which a state holds a convention to act on a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution, with the convention's delegates chosen at a popular election. It fixes the number of delegates and the qualifications of both voters and candidates, and prescribes nominating petitions, ballots, the conduct and certification of the election results, and the filling of vacancies; the elected delegates then meet, organize themselves, exercise the convention's own procedural powers, keep a journal of proceedings, and certify the outcome of the ratification vote. Delegates serve without compensation though their expenses may be allowed and paid, the act's provisions give way to controlling federal law, and it further provides for a referendum on a proposed federal constitutional amendment.

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