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- Posted March 10, 2010
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Some voters say new constitution too costly
By Kathy Barks Hoffman
AP Political Writer
LANSING, (AP) § Many Michigan voters think holding a convention to rewrite the state's 1963 constitution is a fine idea § until they learn what it might cost.
Forty-nine percent of 600 likely voters surveyed by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA said they'd vote to hold a constitutional convention if the question was on the ballot today. Thirty-five percent said they'd vote "no" and 16 percent were undecided.
When told a convention could cost taxpayers $45 million, only 23 percent supported it. Seventy-one percent opposed it and 6 percent were undecided.
Voters must decide every 16 years if they want to hold a convention to revise the state constitution.
Results of the Feb. 22-25 poll were released Monday. The poll's margin of sampling error was plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Published: Wed, Mar 10, 2010
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