A pair of Con-Con items

Illinois Review discusses the wording of the Con-Con question on the November ballot:

Ralf Seiffe's "Bruno vs clout" that ran in Wednesday's IR demands more attention than it got yesterday.  Ralf observed a hearing Wednesday about the wording on the November ballot's Con-Con question.  The Secretary of State's instructions tell voters if you don't vote, it'll be counted as a no vote and will work against the statewide effort.
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With all the controversy over Barack Obama's "present" votes in the IL Senate, how ironic that a whole ballot could define once and for all that a "present" or not voting means a "No" vote!

There are certainly those out there who doesn't want voters to call for a Constitutional Convention.

In any case here is a more critical argument against a con-con by the Illinois State Rifle Association:

The ISRA is urging state hunters, sportsmen and gun owners to vote "NO" this November on a ballot initiative to hold a state constitutional convention. The ISRA believes that holding a constitutional convention would open the door to significant changes in the state constitution and
thus imperil the rights of law-abiding gun owners.

"The delegate count in a constitutional convention would certainly be stacked in Chicago's favor," commented ISRA Executive Director, Richard Pearson. "Consequently, Mayor Daley would have carte blanche to craft the Illinois Constitution to his liking. Daley has said in the past that, if it were up to him, nobody would be allowed to own a gun. You can bet that if Daley is given the opportunity to meddle with the state constitution, he would seek that end."

I would still imagine that if there was to be a provision in the state constitution for gun ownership, as there currently is in the current state constitution, it should still be in line with the DC v. Heller ruling by the US Supreme Court. If anyone decided to use the state constitution to make gun ownership difficult for citizens it's possible that someone could make a case to overturn such a possible provision in the constitution. This is whether or not the state document is either amended or re-written.

Links to both stories via The Capitol Fax morning shorts!