Reply #3: A Constitutional Convention to stop privatized elections?

[Bill Bored]

OK, and what else do you think the Bushcons would throw in there given the opportunity? Be careful what you wish for because they'd LOVE to get their filthy little hands on that old rag, the Constitution and rewrite it 21st Century NeoCon style! You think corporations are bad as "people?" Wait til they become "the Church" or "the State" or whatever else they have in mind if they can actually rewrite the Constitution!

I'm just saying it's no small matter tinkering with the Constitution especially with all those Red-state wackos running loose.

Land Shark has already told us that secret vote counting is illegal. If he can prove his case, it all goes away. So why on earth would we need a Constitutional Convention for that? I think I agree with him up to a point, that we should enforce existing laws instead of legislating new ones. That's why he (and some others) opposes HR 550. I can understand that position, but please explain to me how this is consistent with asking for a Constitution Convention to "outlaw" secret vote counting which we are saying is already illegal?

If we can discuss this without getting into each others' faces it might be interesting.

BTW, Constitutional Amendments can be written without Constitutional Conventions! There are plenty of good ideas for those. Jessie Jackson Jr's. proposed Constitutional right to vote for President for one. But you don't need a Convention for that.