There are a lot of hotly contested races between candidates to vote on this November, but there will also be a few other important decisions Hawaii residents will be asked to make. There are four proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this year. None will get quite the high-profile attention the same-sex marriage question did years ago, but they still involve important issues that each of us should familiarize ourselves with.
The four proposed amendments are:
You can get all the details from the state legislature, but more useful will probably be the single, combined factsheet (PDF) put together by the Office of Elections.
I'm curious what everyone things about any of these amendments. If the discussion on one or two specific questions becomes extensive, we can split off separate threads for them.
The four proposed amendments are:
- HB2789 (HD1/SD1): Sexual Assault Crimes - Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to provide that the legislature may define what behavior constitutes a continuing course of conduct in sexual assault crimes?
- SB2843 (SD1/HD2): Sex Offender Registry Information - Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to provide that the public has a right of access to registration information regarding persons convicted of certain offenses against children and persons convicted of certain sexual offenses...
- SB2846 (SD1/HD2): Confidential Communications Between Crime Victims and Counselor or Health Professionals - Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to permit the legislature to provide by law for the inadmissibility of privileged confidential communications between an alleged crime victim and the alleged crime victim’s physician, psychologist, counselor or licensed mental health professional?
- SB2851 (SD1): Felony Information Charging - Shall Hawaii’s constitutional provision regarding the initiation of criminal charges be amended to permit criminal charges for felonies to be initiated by a legal prosecuting officer through the filing of a signed, written information setting forth the charge in accordance with procedures and conditions to be provided by the state legislature?
You can get all the details from the state legislature, but more useful will probably be the single, combined factsheet (PDF) put together by the Office of Elections.
I'm curious what everyone things about any of these amendments. If the discussion on one or two specific questions becomes extensive, we can split off separate threads for them.
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