Nevada Assemblyman Blocks Resolution Against the Nevada Constitution

CARSON CITY, Nev., April 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Assemblyman Lynn Stewart is actively preventing the Convention of States resolution (AJR 7) from coming before the Nevada Assembly for a vote. Despite the fact that Nevada's Constitution requires Article V legislation to be proposed and approved and the overwhelming, three-to-one support of AJR 7 on the Nevada Legislature's website.

Federal overreach in western states has turned into a major issue, including Nevada, with several bills in the Congress just to secure the right to use its own property. Why does it take an act of Congress to grant the state of Nevada access to its own land to be used for economic development? An Article V solution can help bring back state sovereignty on this and other issues.

"Nevada's Constitution is unique in America because it compels state legislators to support Article V legislation," said Mark Meckler, co-founder of the Convention of States Project and President of Citizens for Self-Governance. "It is unfortunate that Assemblyman Stewart is putting his personal belief ahead of Nevadans. This should be one of the easiest pieces of legislation for the Nevada legislature because it supports both the Nevada Constitution and the U.S. Constitution."

The Convention of States Project encourages Nevadans to contact Assemblyman Lynn D. Stewart, the Chair of the Nevada Assembly Legislative Operations Committee at [email protected] or 775-684-8823. Urge him to bring AJR 7, the Convention of States resolution, to a vote and move the resolution to the Assembly floor immediately, before the window closes for committees to pass legislation to the floor this week. To call other members of the Legislative Operations Committee:

David Gardner: [email protected]

Geoff Dornan: [email protected]

Sandy Chereb: [email protected]

Ray Hagar: [email protected]

Jon Ralston: [email protected]

About the Convention of States Project
The Convention of States Project is currently organized in all 50 states, including hundreds of thousands of volunteers, supporters and advocates committed to stopping the federal government's abuse of power. Alaska, Florida and Georgia passed our Article V resolution last year, and five state houses have already passed it so far this year. For more information visit www.ConventionofStates.com.

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