Presidential candidate Barack Obama may be running on change but some residents of his home state don't want to shake up things too much.
A ballot proposal to call a constitutional convention in Hawaii is raising fears it could have unexpected results, perhaps weakening unions or reducing the country's only recognition of Native Hawaiian rights, and that its multimillion-dollar cost would come at the expense of other public programs in a tough economic time.
Hawaii is one of three states proposing a constitutional convention this election year. In Connecticut, opponents of gay marriage hope a convention will help override a state Supreme Court decision …
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