Constitutional Convention

"Shall there be a convention to propose a revision of or amendments to the Constitution?"
Yes
No
[For this question to pass, "yes" votes must exceed all other votes cast, including "no," "blank" and "over" votes.]

Age to run for governor

"Shall the age qualification for the office of governor and office of lieutenant governor be reduced from thirty years of age to twenty-five years of age?"
Yes
No
[For a proposed constitutional amendment to pass, "yes" votes must exceed all other votes cast, including "no," "blank" and "over" votes.]

1. Prosecutor's duties

"Shall the Prosecuting Attorney be allowed to initiate, develop, and perform or coordinate programs, projects and activities, as determined by the prosecuting attorney, on the subject of crime, including but not limited to crime research, prevention, and education?"
Yes
No
[Adoption of this proposal would give the Honolulu prosecuting attorney the same authority as the state attorney general to develop programs on the subject of crime, including the authority to receive and spend grants and donations for crime research.]

2. Ethics Commission fines

"Shall the Revised City Charter be amended to authorize the city Ethics Commission to impose civil fines established by ordinance for violations of the standards of conduct committed by appointed officers and employees of the city who have significant discretionary or fiscal power?"
Yes
No
[Adoption of this proposal would extend the power of the city Ethics Commission to issue fines to a wider range of city officials and employees; currently the commission may fine only elected officials.]

3. Impeachment jurisdiction

"Shall the Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu 1973 be amended to conform to state law by specifying that the circuit courts of the state have jurisdiction of impeachment proceedings against elected county officers?"
Yes
No
[Adoption of this proposal would bring the City Charter in line with state law, which gives state Circuit Courts jurisdiction over impeachment proceedings against county officials.]

4. Establish rail transit

"Shall the powers, duties, and functions of the city, through its director of transportation services, include establishment of a steel wheel on steel rail transit system?"
Yes
No
[Adoption of this proposal would direct the city to build "a steel wheel on steel rail transit system" and also allow other technologies "to complement or extend the rail transit system."]

1. Two planning commissions

"Should the County Charter be changed to increase the number of planning commissions for Hawai'i County from one for the entire county to two, a windward planning commission and a leeward planning commission?"
Yes
No

2. Initiative and referendum

"Should Article XI of the County Charter, Initiative and Referendum, which authorizes voters to create, approve, or reject laws by popular vote, be amended by:
• Providing that ordinances approved by initiative cannot be amended by the County Council for at least three years, except by a two-thirds vote;
• Giving the petitioner's committee, rather than the County Clerk, ultimate responsibility to provide a ballot title, question, and summary prior to the circulation of any petition;
• Requiring notice if the petition circulators were paid for their services;
• Changing identification requirements for electors signing petitions to add their month and day of birth and the last four digits of their social security number and remove the requirement to include their residence address;
• Requiring the publication in two daily newspapers with the largest circulation the ballot title, question, summary and arguments for and against the measure for three Sundays preceding the election;
• Adding a section of definitions to clarify terms, and;
• Extending some of the timeframes for submission and review of petition documents?"
Yes
No

3. Create Legislative Auditor

"Should the County Charter be changed to establish an Office of the Legislative Auditor to perform independent audit functions and that would:
• Give exclusive authority to the County Council to appoint the legislative auditor to a six-year term, subject to removal for cause by a two-thirds vote of the County Council;
• Set minimum qualifications for the legislative auditor;
• Make the legislative auditor, not the County Clerk, the administrative head of the office;
• Clarify that the legislative auditor has the authority to conduct performance and/or financial audits of any County agency or program;
• Grant the legislative auditor full access to any county employee or record not protected by law;
• Grant the legislative auditor full access to property, facilities, or equipment of any County agency or program;
• Authorize the legislative auditor to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and gather records pertinent records pertinent to the audit; and
• Hire an outside attorney?"
Yes
No

4. Civil and criminal penalties

"Should County Charter section 13-11, Penalties, be changed to double the maximum fine for criminal penalties and make distinctions between civil and criminal penalties for violations of the Charter, ordinances, and rules and regulations?"
Yes
No

1. Marijuana enforcement

[Amendment proposed by citizen initiative]
"Should the Hawai'i County Code be amended to add a new article that would be titled and known as the "Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance", which would:
• Direct the county to make law enforcement related to Cannabis (marijuana) offenses, when the Cannabis is only intended for adult personal use, their lowest law enforcement priority;
• Define "adult personal use" to include the use of Cannabis on private property only be persons twenty one years of age or older;
• Prevent county law enforcement officials from accepting deputization or commissions from a federal law enforcement agency for purposes of investigating, citing, or arresting citizens or searching or seizing their property if doing so is inconsistent with the lowest law enforcement priority of Cannabis ordinance;
• Prohibit the Hawai'i County Council from authorizing the acceptance of or issuing funding to be used to investigate, cite, arrest, prosecute, search or seize property from adults when doing so would be inconsistent with the lowest law enforcement priority for Cannabis policy, and;
• Direct the County Council not to support the acceptance of any funds for the marijuana eradication program?"
Yes
No

1. Require runoff elections

"Should the Kaua'i County Charter be amended to require that the two candidates who receive the highest number of votes in the primary election for the office of mayor and prosecuting attorney, regardless of whether a candidate receives a majority of the the votes in the primary election, run in the general election?"
Yes
No

2. Open meetings

"Should the Kaua'i County Charter be amended to conform to state law requiring that all meetings of the County Council be open to the public unless allowed to be closed under the State Sunshine law, Chapter 92, Hawai'i revised Statutes?"
Yes
No

3. Boards and commissions

"Should the Kaua'i County Charter be amended to expressly permit county board and commission members to appear on behalf of private interests before any county board, commission or agency except the board or commission on which they serve?"
Yes
No

4. Conflicts of interest

"Shall an elected or appointed officer or employee, or member of a board or commission not be allowed to participate in matters pending before them where the member or any member of his immediate family has a personal financial interest or an organization in which they occupy a leadership position has a direct financial interest?"
Yes
No

5. Create Office of Auditor

"Shall there be an Office of the County Auditor, established within the Legislative Branch, to conduct or cause to conduct performance and financial audits of funds, programs, and operations of any agency, department or operation of the County?"
Yes
No

6. Transient accommodation units

"Shall Article III of the Charter of the County of Kaua'i be amended by adding Section 3.19 to read as follows: [Section 3.19 would regulate Transient Accommodation Units, also known as vacation rentals.]?"
Yes
No