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Hawaii Exclude Monetary Expenditures to Influence Elections from Freedom of Speech Amendment (2024)
| Hawaii Exclude Monetary Expenditures to Influence Elections from Freedom of Speech Amendment | |
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| Election date November 5, 2024 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns and Campaign finance | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Hawaii Exclude Monetary Expenditures to Influence Elections from Freedom of Speech Amendment was not on the ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 5, 2024.
The measure would have stated in the constitution that "the freedom of speech shall not include the expenditure of money to influence elections."[1]
Text of measure
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
The state process
The Hawaii State Legislature can put a proposed amendment on the ballot upon either a two-thirds (66.67%) majority vote in both chambers of the legislature in the same session or two simple majority votes in both chambers held in two successive sessions. Constitutional amendments must be approved by a majority of the votes cast for the question, as long as the majority also is at least 50% of the total votes cast in the entire election. For measures approved at special elections by a majority of votes cast for the question, the majority must be at least 30% of the total number of registered voters in the state at the time.
2023 legislative session
This amendment was introduced as Senate Bill 917 on January 20, 2023. The measure was passed by the Senate on March 9, 2023, by a vote of 23-0 with two members excused. The measure was not passed by the House before the legislature adjourned the 2023 session.[1]
| Vote in the Hawaii State Senate | |||
| Requirement: Two-thirds (66.67 percent) vote in each chamber; or a simple majority vote in each chamber in two sessions | |||
Number of yes votes required: 17  | |||
| Yes | No | Not voting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| Total percent | 92.00% | 0.00% | 8.00% |
| Democrat | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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