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Hawaii · General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

What's on your ballot, Hawaii.

Every measure and contest we hold for Hawaii, in the official documents' own words: what each measure does, what it costs, what a YES and a NO mean where a card sets them out, and who is running. Nothing here tells you how to vote. Every item links to the official document it came from.

Nov 3
Election Day
Statewide · everyone in Hawaii

Statewide measures

2 measures, each in the official documents' own words — the Hawaii Office of Elections's and the documents it links — cited to its document and page.

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Read onlyIncreasing the Timeframe for the Hawaii Senate to Consider and Act on Judicial Appointments.
State of Hawaii · Question 1
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Read only — the official documents are still being gathered. Not in the official documents we hold yet: the full text.

YESA “yes” vote would extend from thirty days to sixty days the time allowed for the Senate to consider judicial appointments made between April 1 and December 31.
NOA “no” vote would make no change to the Hawaii State Constitution and leave in place the requirement that the Senate consider a judicial appointment within thirty days or be deemed to have consented to the appointment.
The Hawaii Attorney General's words · Source: Hawaii Office of Elections, p. 73
What it doesQUESTION #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 December 31 when the senate is not in regular session or is about to adjourn the regular session?
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections, p. 73
What changesThe proposed amendment would amend article VI, section 3, of the Hawaii State Constitution to extend from thirty days to sixty days the timeframe for Senate consideration of a judicial appointment if the appointment is made between April 1 and December 31, which is typically when the Legislature is nearing adjournment of a regular session or is not in regular session. The Senate confirmation process for justices and judges of the Hawaii Supreme Court, Intermediate Court of appeals, and Circuit Courts, currently provides that the Governor shall make an appointment within thirty days of receiving a list of nominees from the Judicial Selection Commission. The Senate is then required to consent to or reject the Governor’s appointment within thirty days or be deemed to have consented to the appointment.
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections, p. 73
Passes withA majority of the YES and NO votes, and that majority at least half of all votes cast at the election

Not in the official documents we hold yet: the fiscal effect; who is for and against.

Sources: Hawaii Office of Elections, p. 73
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Read onlyDirecting the Hawaii State Legislature to Establish Procedures for Counties to Issue RISE Bonds, Exempt from County Debt Limits.
State of Hawaii · Question 2
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Read only — the official documents are still being gathered. Not in the official documents we hold yet: the full text.

YESA “yes” vote would direct the Legislature to establish laws allowing the counties to issue RISE Bonds, which would be excluded from county debt limits, and authorize their repayment only from the future real property tax growth in the areas they help develop.
NOA “no” vote would make no change to the Hawaii State Constitution, which currently does not allow the issuance of RISE Bonds.
The Hawaii Attorney General's words · Source: Hawaii Office of Elections, p. 74
What it doesQUESTION #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 tax revenues within those districts, not by increasing real property tax rates, where such bonds are excluded from the counties’ debt limit and are subject to accountability and oversight requirements as may be provided by law?
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections, p. 74
What changesArticle VII, section 12, of the Hawaii State Constitution directs the Hawaii State Legislature to authorize the counties to issue several types of bonds. This amendment to Article VII, section 12, of the Constitution would create a new type of bond called a resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity (RISE) bond and direct the Hawaii State Legislature to establish laws that would allow the counties to issue RISE bonds. Article VII, section 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution excludes certain types of bonds from the maximum amount of debt that a county is allowed to issue.
Source: Hawaii Office of Elections, p. 74
Passes withA majority of the YES and NO votes, and that majority at least half of all votes cast at the election

Not in the official documents we hold yet: the fiscal effect; who is for and against.

Sources: Hawaii Office of Elections, p. 74
Who's running

The people on your ballot

This page holds Hawaii's statewide measures. The contests on your ballot are on the Hawaii Office of Elections's own pages.

Who is running in Hawaii is not on this page: it holds the statewide measures only. The Hawaii Office of Elections's own pages have the candidates and your sample ballot. Hawaii Office of Elections, 2026 Proposed Amendments to the Hawaii State Constitution.

How to vote

The official pages

Where and when to vote, and your own sample ballot, are the elections office's to say. These are its pages.

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Hawaii Office of Elections, 2026 Proposed Amendments to the Hawaii State Constitution
The measures, as the office lists them. Open the page.
2
Hawaii Office of Elections, 2026 General Election Voter Guide
The Attorney General's statements on each question. Open the page.