Michigan voters will decide if they want to rewrite the constitution in 2026.
For the fourth time since Michigan’s 1963 constitution went into effect, voters will decide next year whether to hold a convention to overhaul the document.
The initiative to hold a state constitutional convention — informally known as a “Con-Con” — has automatically appeared on the state’s ballot every 16 years beginning in 1978 and is enshrined in the Michigan Constitution’s Article XII, Section 3.
Michigan is among just 14 states that have an automatic constitutional convention provision that does not require a legislative vote to be placed in the ballot.
Over the course of its history as a state, Michigan has had four constitutions. The original document was adopted in 1835, followed by reboots in 1850 and 1908, and finally, a constitution approved in 1963, which is still in effect today.
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