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  By  Kelly Garrity CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS —  Massachusetts is facing a fledgling constitutional crisis while the audit battle wages on. Months after voters backed a ballot question  giving the state auditor the authority to audit the Legislature, top Democratic legislative leaders are still moving slowly to comply with Diana DiZoglio’s attempt to crack open their books. They continue to warn it could violate the separation of powers laid out in the state’s constitution, while DiZoglio maintains they’re violating the voter-approved law. A big reason for the lack of clarity?   A quirk in the ballot petition process that allows the state attorney general to approve questions, but not weigh in on whether the policy — once passed — would be constitutional, Attorney General Andrea Campbell said during an interview on WCVB’s “On the Record” that aired Sunday. “The ballot question  — and this is just stupid by government from the past — we don't get to assess wh...