Con con Possible – 19 States Already On Board
Ramsey 22 (Mary, Mary Ramsey is the interim local government reporter for The Charlotte Observer. A native of the Carolinas, she studied journalism at the University of South Carolina and has also worked in Phoenix, Arizona and Louisville, Kentucky. “A growing political movement aims to rewrite the U.S. Constitution. Could NC be involved?”, The Charlotte Observer, August 5 2023, https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article264230316.html, Accessed July 27, 2023) // CD
Under Article V of the Constitution, two-thirds of the nation’s 50 states, 34, would have to pass resolutions in support of a Convention of States in order for one to be convened. As of July 2022, Business Insider reports, 19 state legislatures have done so. Resolutions have “made progress” in six additional states, Business Insider found, and failed in 13 states in recent years.