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Hawaii Question 2, Legislative Power to Reserve Marriage to Opposite-Sex Couples Amendment (1998)
| Hawaii Question 2 | |
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| Election date November 3, 1998 | |
| Topic Marriage and family and LGBT issues | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
Hawaii Question 2, the Legislative Power to Reserve Marriage to Opposite-Sex Couples Amendment, was on the ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 3, 1998. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supports amending the Hawaii Constitution to specify that the state legislature has the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples. |
A "no" vote opposes amending the Hawaii Constitution to specify that the state legislature has the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples. |
Election results
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Hawaii Question 2 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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285,384 | 70.78% | ||
| No | 117,827 | 29.22% | ||
Overview
What did this amendment do?
This ballot measure amended the Hawaii Constitution to add a section to state that the state legislature has the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The official ballot title was as follows:[1]
| “ | Shall the Constitution of the state of Hawaii be amended to specify that the Legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- ’’See also: Hawaii Constitution’’
The ballot measure added Article 1, Section 23 to the Hawaii Constitution. The following underlined text would be added and struck-through text would be deleted:[1]
Path to the ballot
The amendment, introduced as HB 117, passed the Hawaii House of Representatives by 44-7. The amendment then passed the Hawaii State Senate.
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Star Bulletin, "Same-sex vote won’t answer all questions," accessed February 23, 2024
- ↑ 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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