A referendum on holding a constitutional convention will take place on November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 Michigan elections. The referendum is an automatic ballot referral, with the question being posed to voters every sixteen years.
Background The Michigan Constitution requires that a question on holding a constitutional convention be automatically referred to voters every sixteen years as the first proposal on the general election ballot. This requirement was originally added to the constitution by Proposal 3 in 1960. Voters approved holding a convention in 1961, and the rewritten constitution, adopted by voters in 1963, retained the requirement. Voters have rejected the question by wide margins in every subsequent election (1978, 1994, and at its most recent referral in 2010).
Contents The proposal will appear on the ballot as follows:
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