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Hawaii Amendment 1, Equal Rights Regardless of Sex Amendment (1972)
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| Topic Constitutional rights and Sex and gender issues |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Hawaii Amendment 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Hawaii on November 7, 1972. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported adding language to the state constitution that prohibits the denial or abridgment of rights on account of a person's sex. |
A "no" vote opposed adding language to the state constitution that prohibits the denial or abridgment of rights on account of a person's sex. |
Election results
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Hawaii Amendment 1 |
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207,123 | 86.64% | ||
| No | 31,930 | 13.36% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Amendment 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall the amendment to Article I of the State Constitution be adopted to guarantee that the State shall not deny or abridge rights under the law on account of sex and the Legislature be authorized to endorse this guarantee? (If this proposal is adopted, Article I of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii would be amended by adding a new section to be appropriately numbered and to read as follows: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the State on account of sex. The legislature shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this section.”) | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
A two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required during one legislative session or a simple majority vote in two successive legislative sessions for the Hawaii State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 35 votes in the Hawaii House of Representatives and 17 votes in the Hawaii State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
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