YIKES!!! LAST MINUTE HELP NEEDED IN GEORGIA!!!
| March 19, 2026. The 2004 Georgia Legislature wisely rescinded a dozen previously passed applications asking Congress to call a convention under Article V. Then a decade later, they turned around and passed the Convention of States and Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) applications, the latter of which expired on Jan. 1, 2020. |
| For several years, the US Term Limits application was introduced, made it through the Georgia Senate, and died languishing in the House Rules Committee for the rest of the session. But apparently that party is over. In Feb., 2025, the application once again passed the Georgia Senate and didn't budge—for more than a year. Then, with no public notice, it was sent to the House Rules Committee where it passed yesterday. Next it was sent immediately to the House floor, where it is already on the calendar for final passage. The House debate/vote can be as soon as tomorrow; the session closes April 2. |
| We need your help!!! Please write all Georgia Representatives and tell them why they should vote "NO" on SR 23. At the debate, House members are sure to hear from proponents how popular "congressional term limits" is in the polls; and that their application will serve just to scare Congress into term limiting itself. (None of the Reps voting are under term limits - just a thought). |
The Legislation
| Here's the Article V Convention application we oppose in the Georgia House: |
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Your House Letter:
| Talking Points are below the addresses. |
| Please send a letter to all 177 Georgia House members, and urge them to VOTE "NO" on SR 23, and any application asking Congress to call a convention under Article V. |
| Copy the addresses below as a block into “BCC,” and copy your own address into the “To” box; and place the bill# and description on the subject line. Something simple like "VOTE NO on SR 23 (Art. V convention)" will work. |
Representatives Addresses
| House Republicans (99)—Dear Representative: (If you're a Republican or conservative, tell the Republicans so!) |
| House Democrats (78)—Dear Representative: |
| Thank you for defending our Constitution! |
Talking Points—for Either Party
| Choose just one, or write your own. Or paste/modify a very short letter suggestion at the end of this blast. https://x.com/casey_whalen/ |
| Note: Often links, their associated paragraphs, and/or suggested short messages within each blast have been updated or are appropriate for that particular blast only. So make sure any suggestions you copy for the purpose of this blast, are from the section below— and not from a former blast: |
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Talking Points for Democrats Only:
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| You might quote from Chief Justice Warren Burger's LETTER to Phyllis Schlafly dated June 22, 1988: |
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Suggestions for Very Short Letters
| Short talking points below can be used for easy follow-up letters: |
| 1. The Constitution grants State Legislatures NO power to select or control Delegates to an Art. V Convention. |
| 2. There's no such thing as a limited convention. |
| 3. Delegates to a convention called by Congress under Art. V would have more power than state legislators and Congress put together. They could rewrite our Constitution with an easier ratification process—like they did in 1787. |
| 4. Don't believe the high-powered US Term Limits lobbyists who tell legislators that there will never be a convention—but that you should vote for the application anyway, in order to scare Congress into proposing the Amendment themselves. That's playing with fire! |
| 5. According to Art. V, the only power granted to State Legislatures is the power to ask Congress to call a convention, period. Legislatures cannot dictate the scope of the convention. |
| 6. The subject matter of the application doesn't matter. The subject is only bait to get your vote. Delegates can't be limited by subject, or anything else. |
| 7. This is not the political environment to be having a convention and opening up our Constitution. |
| 8. We're more likely to lose our Constitution at a convention called by Congress under Art. V, than to get the Amendment we ask for. |
| 9. No Amendment is worth losing our Constitution and our Form of Government over! |
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