Voters next month will consider a constitutional convention referendum, placed on the ballot every 20 years. (nystateofpolitics.com)
While the last convention referendum failed in 1997, political consultant Michael Dawidziak attributed this year's frenzied anti-convention campaign to a new factor not then in play: the internet. (newsday.com)
I was research director for the Constitution Revision Commission created by Gov. Mario Cuomo in anticipation of the vote in 1997 on the mandatory convention referendum question. (timesunion.com)