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Constitutional convention? Clashing views

QUESTION 1 on Rhode Island's statewide ballot is asking voters whether a constitutional convention should be convened to consider amendments to the state constitution. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON
QUESTION 1 on Rhode Island's statewide ballot is asking voters whether a constitutional convention should be convened to consider amendments to the state constitution. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Rhode Island’s first statewide ballot question is an outlier in more than one way, observers say. When Rhode Islanders vote in the general election, Question 1 will be whether the Ocean State should hold a constitutional convention – a question voters are asked every 10 years under the state constitution. The convention opens the door

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