WHP-TV (Harrisburg, PA): A nationwide group is looking for PA to join a cause to change the constitution

04.15.2024 / By Elise Person
WHP-TV (Harrisburg, PA): A nationwide group is looking for PA to join a cause to change the constitution

Common Cause is a group that opposes any constitutional convention. Spokesperson for the group, Viki Harrison said the rights Ward is concerned about could be on the chopping block. “Once the convention is convened there is the very real fear of a runaway convention, where delegates could bring up anything they wanted to,” Harrison said. “Anything that you could be taken away from you, whether it’s the right to vote, whether it’s the right to clean air, education for your children the right to worship the way you want to.” Harrison said there are both democrats and republicans that oppose the idea of a convention.

Common Cause is a group that opposes any constitutional convention. Spokesperson for the group, Viki Harrison said the rights Ward is concerned about could be on the chopping block.

“Once the convention is convened there is the very real fear of a runaway convention, where delegates could bring up anything they wanted to,” Harrison said. “Anything that you could be taken away from you, whether it’s the right to vote, whether it’s the right to clean air, education for your children the right to worship the way you want to.”

Harrison said there are both democrats and republicans that oppose the idea of a convention.

 

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