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Hawaii "Money is not Free Speech" Amendment (2016)
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The Hawaii "Money is not Free Speech" Amendment did not appear on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have provided that "the expenditure of money to influence elections" was not included in the right to freedom of speech.[1]
Text of measure
The proposed ballot question was:[1]
| “ | Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to provide that the right to free speech does not include the expenditure of money to influence elections?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article I, Hawaii Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 4 of Article I of the Hawaii Constitution. The following underlined text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:
The right to freedom of speech shall not include the expenditure of money to influence elections.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
The Hawaii State Legislature can propose a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in two different ways:
- Through a two-thirds vote in both the Hawaii State Senate and the Hawaii House of Representatives, held in one legislative session.
- Through a simple majority vote in both chambers, held in two successive sessions of the legislature.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawaii Legislature, "HB 783," accessed February 13, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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