Hawaii Con Con Justification Should Address Change, Not Cost

Honolulu Star Bulletin: Considerations about whether to authorize a state Constitutional Convention have focused on the cost, which should be secondary to the issue about whether the state government's framework needs to be revamped. If voters agree that a convention is needed, it shouldn't be conducted on the cheap. The projected cost of conducting a state Constitutional Convention varies from $2.3 million to $41.7 million. Among the issues suggested for a constitutional convention are allowing initiative and referendum by popular vote, breaking up the state Board of Education into decentralized school boards and providing for public funding of election campaigns. The Legislature has rejected such proposals so they have not been put on the ballot.

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