Hawaii Resign-to-Run Amendment (2016)
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
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The Hawaii Resign-to-Run Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have required city, county and state elected public officials to resign from office when running for a state or federal office that begins before the end of the term of their current office.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot question was:[1]
| “ | Shall city, county, and state elected public officers be required to resign when running for a state or federal office that begins before the end of the term of the current office held?[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article II, Hawaii Constitution
The proposed amendment would have amended Section 7 of Article II of the Hawaii Constitution. The following struck-through text would be deleted and underlined text would be added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
The Hawaii State Legislature could propose a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in two different ways:
- Through a two-thirds vote in both the Hawaii State Senate and the Hawaii House of Representatives, held in one legislative session.
- Through a simple majority vote in both chambers, held in two successive sessions of the legislature.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hawaii Legislature, "SB 1182," accessed February 16, 2015
- ↑ 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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