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Hawaii Provisions for Future Reapportionment, Amendment 2 (1968)
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The Hawaii Provisions for Future Reapportionment, also known as Amendment 2, was on the ballot in Hawaii on November 5, 1968, as a convention referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed several additions to the constitution: Article III, Sections 2 and 4, and new sections in Article XVI. The amendment would establish a commission to reapportion the number of legislators among and within basic island units on the registered voters basis every eight years beginning in 1973 and at such a time to redistrict where necessary according to the criteria provided; it would provide for the commission to be constituted on or before March 1, 1969, if the Constitutional Convention plan is not approved by the voters; it would appoint a chief election officer; it would establish two-year terms for Senators elected in 1968; it would each of the proposed apportionment and districting amendments as may be ratified to supersede the legislature’s apportionment plan for the Senate (S.B. No. 1102) to the extent in conflict therewith if the latter is also ratified; it would remove old provisions on senate apportionment based on geography; and provided for related changes.[1]
Election results
| Hawaii Amendment 2 (1968) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 152,962 | 78.27% | ||
| No | 42,468 | 21.73% | ||
Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Hawaii, 1968-1990
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