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Constitutional Convention Meeting

Apr 20, 2016: 7pm
The League of Women Voters hosts an informational forum on the state’s Constitutional Convention at Deyo Hall, 6 Broadhead Ave., off state Route 32 in Ulster County. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Panelists will be SUNY New Paltz professor and state Constitution expert Gerald Benjamin, along with local historian and Ulster County Commissioner of Jurors Paul O’Neill and New York state League of Women Voters President Dare Thompson. There will be questions and discussion from the floor. The first New York state Constitution was approved April 20, 1777. Since then, New Yorkers have voted every 20 years on whether to hold a Constitutional Convention to discuss amendments or reforms to the state’s Constitution. The question will be on the general election ballot in November 2017.