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Hawaii Local Government Charters, Amendment 19 (1968)
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The Hawaii Local Government Charters, Amendment 19, also known as Amendment 19, was on the ballot in Hawaii on November 5, 1968, as a convention referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed two additions to the constitution: Article VII, Section 2, and Article XVI, new section. The amendment would authorize each political subdivision to frame and adopt a charter for its own self-government within such limits and under such procedures as may be prescribed by general law; it would provide that the proscribed procedures would not require approval for a charter by a legislative body; it would provide for a superiority of certain charter provisions to statutory provisions, subject to the authority of the legislature to enact general laws allocating and reallocating powers and functions, and for related changes. It would also stipulate that a transitional section provide an effective date of amendments, which would be on the first day of January after three full calendar years have elapsed following their ratification and would apply to all county charters.[1]
Election results
| Hawaii Amendment 19 (1968) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 154,658 | 79.10% | ||
| No | 40,857 | 20.90% | ||
Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Hawaii, 1968-1990
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