ConAm Invalidated by Hawaii Supreme Court
The Hawaii Supreme Court has invalidated a question on general election ballots asking voters if they want to amend the Hawaii Constitution to allow the state to tax property in support of public education.
Ruling in favor of Hawaii’s four counties, the court found that the wording of the question wasn’t sufficiently clear. Hawaii law requires that the language of a constitutional amendment be “neither misleading of deceptive.”
“The Chief Election Officer shall issue a public proclamation stating that the ballot question is invalid and that any votes for or against the measure will not be counted and will have no impact,” according to the order from the Supreme Court issued this afternoon. A written opinion is forthcoming.
