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Hawaii ballot measures

2 statewide measures on the November 3 ballot, in the wording Hawaii prints on the ballot. Your own ballot, with local measures too: Hawaii’s sample-ballot lookup.

Question 1 · Increasing the Timeframe for the Hawaii Senate to Consider and Act on Judicial Appointments

Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to allow the Senate more time to consider and act on the appointments of justices and judges, by increasing the timeframe from thirty days to sixty days for appointments made between April 1 and Decembe…

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Question 2 · Directing the Hawaii State Legislature to Establish Procedures for Counties to Issue RISE Bonds, Exempt from County Debt Limits

Shall the Hawaii State Constitution be amended to direct the legislature to authorize the counties to issue resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds to fund public improvements in designated districts, repaid solely by future growth in property t…

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Checked 2026-10-20 against the official source; each measure links the page its text came from. Confirm with your official ballot.