New Constitutional Convention Web Site Unveiled
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Lt. Governor Aiona recently launched a web site that supports his push to educate voters about convening a convention with publicly-elected delegates to update the Hawai`i State Constitution.
The Lt. Governor said the new Constitutional Convention web site is another step towards achieving a key Administration goal: providing the public with accurate and credible information in advance of its decision in the 2008 General Election on whether to assemble a constitutional convention.
The new web site comes as the Lt. Governor continues to lead an 11-member Constitutional Convention Cost Task Force, which held its fourth public meeting on July 9 at the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. The group is studying a range of factors that could affect the overall cost of a constitutional convention, and will make its findings available in a public report no later than Aug. 1, 2008.
Among the features of the new web site is a listing of the task force’s members as well as minutes from their meetings. The web site also provides an array of background information on a constitutional convention, a ballot question considered by Lt. Governor Aiona to be “one of the most important decisions facing Hawai`i voters this year.”
In December, the Lt. Governor certified the question of whether to convene a constitutional convention will be placed on the November ballot. The last constitutional convention in Hawai`i was held in 1978. Among other significant accomplishments, it helped to require an annual balanced budget, establish the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and adopt the Hawaiian language as an official state language of Hawai`i.
The next Task Force public meeting is scheduled for July 24, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., at the Office of the Lt. Governor.
The new web site comes as the Lt. Governor continues to lead an 11-member Constitutional Convention Cost Task Force, which held its fourth public meeting on July 9 at the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. The group is studying a range of factors that could affect the overall cost of a constitutional convention, and will make its findings available in a public report no later than Aug. 1, 2008.
Among the features of the new web site is a listing of the task force’s members as well as minutes from their meetings. The web site also provides an array of background information on a constitutional convention, a ballot question considered by Lt. Governor Aiona to be “one of the most important decisions facing Hawai`i voters this year.”
In December, the Lt. Governor certified the question of whether to convene a constitutional convention will be placed on the November ballot. The last constitutional convention in Hawai`i was held in 1978. Among other significant accomplishments, it helped to require an annual balanced budget, establish the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and adopt the Hawaiian language as an official state language of Hawai`i.
The next Task Force public meeting is scheduled for July 24, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., at the Office of the Lt. Governor.
