Hawaii Criminal Hearings, Amendment 1 (1982)
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The Hawaii Criminal Hearings, Amendment 1, also known as Amendment 1, was on the ballot in Hawaii on November 2, 1982, as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed, per House Bill No. 150 of the Eleventh Legislature, Regular Session of 1981, that Article I, Section 10 of the Hawaiian constitution be amended to allow a person to be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime upon a finding of probable cause after a preliminary hearing is held. Previous procedure had required that a presentment or indictment of a grand jury was necessary.[1]
Election results
| Hawaii Amendment 1 (1982) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 191,798 | 66.83% | ||
| No | 95,216 | 33.17% | ||
Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Hawaii, 1968-1990
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