You’d have to understand history here. Without going politics, our post-reconstruction constitutions were works in progress. The 1869 constitution was a “big government” constitution that was a piecemeal effort to fix the 1866 version; in practice, the state governments operating under both constitutions were hostile to the (limited) citizenry, made big promises and, of the ones kept, kept then in the worst way possible, resulting in a lack of trust in state government.
In 1875, yet another state Constitutional Convention was called and a very restrictive constitution was put in place. Due to abuses under the reconstruction constitutions, the Necessary and Proper clause was removed, necessitating amendments for most changes to government powers to be ratified by a simple majority of voters. Amendments are voted on every other year during state elections. As a result, as of the 2022 elections, there are now 517 amendments of 700 proposed. Yea verily, it’s a mess and as such continues to restrict the powers of the three branches and limit terms of offices and legislative sessions.
Several efforts have since been made to hold yet modernize/streamline our state government. We came close in 1974, even holding another state Constitutional Convention. That effort failed and the eight major articles were put to voters to effectively re-write the constitution by amendment. All eight failed miserably.
There have been a couple more attempts since, none having made it out of committee. Keeping in mind recent history, it’s unlikely another attempt will be made anytime soon.
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