The Iowa state constitution is on display in Secretary of State Paul Pate's office in 2016. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread.

With Democrats calling the changes an “assault on the very spirit of Florida’s democracy,” the Republican-controlled Legislature on Friday finalized a plan that will impose additional hurdles on the ...

Three days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill (HB 1205) making it more challenging to place citizen-led constitutional amendments on the ballot, an organization working on just such an ...

NEWS. A NEW PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT LOOKS TO CHANGE THE WAY ARKANSANS BRING ISSUES TO THE BALLOT. TODAY- THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS SUBMITTED A BALLOT TITLE THEY SAY ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER ...

DES MOINES — Iowans would be able to start the process of amending the state’s Constitution — removing the need for state lawmakers to take the first steps — under a proposal introduced this week by ...

Five months after a marijuana ballot initiative passed a key step to getting onto the 2026 ballot, Florida officials advanced the initiative on the next rung of the state's constitutional amendment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group backing a 2026 proposed constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid has filed a challenge to Florida’s new law restricting ...

Legislation that opponents say will make it harder for citizens to place constitution-changing measures on the ballot was quickly signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis — then quickly challenged in court.

The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) has formally filed a motion to intervene in several federal lawsuits challenging House Bill 1205, a newly enacted law that reforms the state's citizen initiative ...

A group backing a 2026 proposed constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid has filed a challenge to Florida’s new law restricting the public’s ability to amend the state constitution. Florida Decides ...