Which States Want to Hold an Article V Constitutional Convention?

     The map below shows which states have passed resolutions applying for a convention of states to address needed changes to the Constitution. Such action is allowed, and regulated by, Article V of the Constitution for the United States.

   In my opinion, volunteers wishing to support a convention should call state legislators in those states, in that order, because that will make it easier to get a larger number of states faster and earlier. Rapid spread of pro-convention sentiment could create a snowball effect and increase the chances of getting the 34 states required (2/3 of the states) to invoke a constitutional convention.

     To ensure maximum success and efficiency, I would recommend that states be courted for support in three stages:

     1. Stage 1 (Wyoming, West Virginia, Idaho, South Dakota, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Montana)

     2. Stage 2 (Kansas, South Carolina, Iowa, Ohio, North Carolina, and Wisconsin)

     3. Stage 3 (Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Maine, and Virginia).

     That is the order in which Trump was supported by the states likely to support a constitutional convention, but have not passed resolutions indicating interest in holding a convention.

     I have assumed that the states that didn't go for Biden, would be the states most likely to support a convention, because there would be no reward for the most strongly pro-Biden states to hold such a convention, as it would challenge the power of incoming President Biden.

     See 2020 election results here:

      http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

Source:

http://www.commoncause.org/resource/u-s-constitution-threatened-as-article-v-convention-movement-nears-success/#:~:text=In%20just%20the%20last%20five,Arkansas%2C%20Utah%2C%20and%20Mississippi.

For more information, visit the following site:

http://conventionofstates.com/

Written and published on January 19th, 2021