All Iowa voters will see the following question on this year's ballot:

Shall there be a Convention to revise the Constitution, and propose amendment or amendments to same?

This question automatically appears on the statewide ballot every ten years, as required by Amendment 22 to the Iowa State Constitution (adopted 1964).

If this question were approved, the state of Iowa would be required to hold a state convention to revise or rewrite the state constitution. Iowa voters would then have to ratify any changes.

Iowa has had three state constitutional conventions.  Two were prior to statehood (1844 and 1846).  The most recent convention was in 1857, and produced Iowa's current state constitution.  The 1857 constitution has been amended 47 times, most recently in 2008.

More information is available at the Secretary of State's web site:

• History of the Adoption of Iowa's Constitution
• Complete text of Iowa Constitution as Adopted (1857)
• Amendments
• Previous Statewide Election Results - 1970, 1980, and 1990