Bill Text: HI HB339 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional Amendment; Primary Elections; Declaration of Political Party Preference or Nonpartisanship (ConAm)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-26 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 1 [HB339 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB339-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, section 4, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII to repeal the prohibition against requiring a person to declare a political party preference or nonpartisanship as a condition of voting in any primary or special primary election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article II, section 4, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:
"REGISTRATION; VOTING
Section 4. The legislature shall
provide for the registration of voters and for absentee voting and shall
prescribe the method of voting at all elections. Secrecy of voting shall be
preserved[; provided that no person shall be required to declare a party
preference or nonpartisanship as a condition of voting in any primary or
special primary election]. Secrecy of voting and choice of political party
affiliation or nonpartisanship shall be preserved."
SECTION 2. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall the prohibition against requiring a person to declare a political party preference or nonpartisanship as a condition of voting in any primary or special primary election be repealed?"
SECTION 3. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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Report Title:
Constitutional Amendment; Primary Elections; Declaration of Political Party Preference or Nonpartisanship
Description:
Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to repeal the prohibition against requiring a person to declare a political party preference or nonpartisanship as a condition of voting in any primary or special primary election.
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