Title: Remember November

Original CoS Document (slug): [[https://conventionofstates.com/remember-november|remember-november]]

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Created: 2019-09-18 13:51:05

Updated: 2019-10-16 11:00:46

Published: 2019-09-18 00:00:00

Converted: 2025-04-14T21:04:28.125331066


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Virginia’s General Assembly celebrated its 400th anniversary in July. In November voters will decide every member in it. The likes of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mason, and Henry served there. \\
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Those past liberty fighters were on the minds of 20 Virginians who joined 400 nationwide volunteers in Colonial Williamsburg during the 2019 Convention of States Leadership Summit.

{{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/17549/17549_original.JPG?600x450| COS Virginia volunteers at the Convention of States Leadership Summit in Colonial Williamsburg.}}

Under Article V of our Constitution, a [[https://www.prageru.com/video/how-the-states-can-save-america/|convention of states is convened]] by state legislators to propose amendments. Three-fourths of state legislatures must separately ratify those amendments before they take effect.\\
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This means the entire amendment process—our final check and balance on Washington—is safely out of the hands of self-interested D.C. elites.

Fifteen state legislatures have passed the Convention of States resolution seeking three types of amendments:

  * fiscal restraints on the federal government (balanced budget amendment, for example)
  * ending federal abuses, such as spying on citizens and crony-capitalism
  * term limits on federal officials and members of Congress

With the federal debt exceeding $22 trillion and projected annual federal deficits over $1 trillion, our nation is running out of time.

A [[https://cossurveyed.com/|simple but critical step]] you can do is ask those vying for your November vote to support this convention of states resolution.

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