The State Con-Con Papers

News Release from State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse, August 16, 2018

The State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse is pleased to announce the Social Science Research Network’s publication of the The State Con-Con Papers, a compilation of 42 short essays on the history, democratic function, and politics of the periodic state constitutional convention referendum, including Hawaii’s November 6, 2018 convention referendum. Given that Hawaii statewide candidate elections are rarely competitive after the primary election, the convention referendum may be the highest profile statewide election this coming fall. 

For additional background information on the upcoming referendum, see The Hawaiʻi State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse and Snider, J.H., Does the World Really Belong to the Living? The Decline of the Constitutional Convention in New York and Other US States, 1776–2015, Journal of American Political Thought 6, no. 2 (Spring 2017): 256-293.

Sincerely,

J.H. Snider, Ph.D.

Editor of The Hawaiʻi State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse and The State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse 

LINK: Articles by J H Snider PhD

2011-13 Fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University

Twitter: @ConConHawaii

Facebook: @HawaiiConCon 

My recent op-eds on Hawaii’s upcoming referendum:

• Snider, J.H., Analysis of Candidate Position Statements on the Nov. 6 ConCon Referendum, Hawai’i Free Press, August 3, 2018.
• Snider, J.H., Take the time now to understand the ‘Con Con’ question, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, June 14, 2018.
• Snider, J.H., State Constitutional Convention Was Hijacked In ’96 — It May Happen Again, Honolulu Civil Beat, April 30, 2018.
• Snider, J.H., Con-Con: The People v. Hawaii Supreme Court, Hawai’i Free Press, April 30, 2018.
• Snider, J.H., Hawaii’s biased constitutional convention ballot question, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, March 22, 2018.
• Snider, J.H., Preparing For Hawaii’s Next Constitutional Convention Vote, Honolulu Civil Beat, December 7, 2017.