Sentence examples for citizens convention from inspiring English sources

They will commit to a citizens' convention to determine its contents, subject to a national referendum.

There should be a citizens' convention to consider ideas for political reform, she says.

That is why we are supporting the proposal for the creation of a citizens' convention on the constitution.

We should be given a referendum on the setting up of a citizens' convention so that we, the electorate, can decide on how we should be governed.

Will Nick Clegg content himself with the AV referendum, push for a more proportional system, or repeat his call for a citizens' convention to decide the matter?

Ritchie said: Politicians will be partisan, so we need a citizens convention to hear all the evidence and choose the best questions for the referendum ballot paper.

Todd was admitted to the bar in 1786 and gained his first legal and political experience as a clerk for several citizens' conventions called by the movement to separate Kentucky from its parent state, Virginia.

Talk of citizen conventions and national councils will do little to rebalance the democratic deficit in the country, but emboldening the role of local government could spark a civic revival.

The Unlock Democracy campaign has a draft bill to empower a citizens' deliberative convention to decide on a set of major reforms.

Therefore, are we not obligated to nullify our government and institute a new one?" He then called for a "citizens' constitutional convention" to do the nullifying and the instituting.

We must encourage much wider involvement, through a citizen's convention to recommend big changes to our political system.