What should be the minimum percentage required to amend any constitution

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Poll question: What should be the minimum percentage required to amend any constitution

by popular vote, while still protecting the minority population of a nation/state?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Here's the problem with that....

... people vote based on what they read in the media, and the media censors whatever corporations don't want them to publish. So, the population is usually voting half-blind.

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2. That's a problem with amending a constitution based on popular

vote in the first place.

It's also why the percentage should be higher doing it that way than through other channels.

Amending a constitution by popular vote is highly subject to whatever may be the flavor-of-the-month. But, in any case, an amendment should have much more support than a mere majority- otherwise, what's the point of having a constitution at all? May as well just vote on everything and let the majority win out, no matter how it screws over the minority.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. There must be a better way for people to get their information about what's going on in the world...

Getting it from people who promote news in the interest of advertisers is just not good. There must be a way to get our population informed. I guess there's always the Internet (which I love), but then we'd have to improve the education and standard of living of this country's people since only a few of us know how to use it or have access to it.

[Pavulon]

3. Luckily

the process for amending the Constitution is a slow precess. It generally weeds out banana republic ideas, like anti gay marriage stuff.

Prohibition did slip through.

Don't think el presidente is going to get control of the ENTIRE system here by a simple vote.

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5. Well, I guess the "advantage" to doing it this way is that it sure

shouldn't be hard to change it again after a couple of years.

Hell, they could hold a constitutional referendum every 3 months, time it so that people can vote while they get their oil changed.

Constitutional musical chairs.

[Pavulon]

4. dp

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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Whatever is required by the constituions of the individual countries.

The United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Israel don't even have written constitutions.