 does michigan need a new constitution  in a day and age when partisan politics always seems to be the norm in lansing and washington it is no wonder that the question of having a constitutional convention in michigan is bringing about a similar degree of animosity from both sides of the aisle this november a ballot proposal to hold a constitutional convention will be presented to the voters of michigan if the people of the state of michigan approve the proposal the voters of the state will select by special election their representatives who will go to lansing and formulate a new michigan constitution i have a hard time understanding why it was ever decided that as a state michigan would be required to put such a question on the ballot every 16 years not only does it seem like a bad idea on its basic merits but with an estimated cost of 45 million now isn t the time to be burdening the state and the taxpayers with the additional debt michigan s constitution already has the provision for making modifications to it why do we need to spend 4500000000 to send people to lansing to do what we are paying our elected leaders to do if they feel we need a constitutional change they can introduce it and if it passes both houses we get a chance to vote on it if they can t agree we the people can start our own initiative petition drive to put it on the ballot and then get it voted on if we get enough signatures the question isn t whether we need a constitutional convention it is whether we elect people who will be responsible when they go to lansing as our elected representatives they must do the job they were sent to do and represent our best interests vote no on the constitutional convention ballot proposal proposal 1 this fall submitted for publication to the dewitt bath review the clinton county news on may 21 2010 and the st johns dewitt informer the laingsburg independent the perry independent on may 17 2010 published in the  