SDRI Adds More States to Constitutional Amendments Visualization Tool

Last fall, we reported that the UW Law School State Democracy Research Initiative launched a new resource called 50constitutions.org, which provides easy access to the text of all 50 state constitutions and allows users to search within and across states.

One of the features, Tracking Constitutional Change helps visualize the many amendments made to state constitutions and allows researchers and the public to see how state founding documents have developed over time.  Initially, this feature was available for the pilot state, Wisconsin.

Tracking Constitutional Change screen shot

 

 

 

However, this week, it live for nine more states: Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. SDRI will roll out additional states on an ongoing basis in the coming months.

Tracking Constitutional Change US Map