Hawaii Independent Counsel Appointed to Grand Juries, Amendment 2 (1978)
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The Hawaii Independent Counsel Appointed to Grand Juries, Amendment 2, also known as Amendment 2, was on the ballot in Hawaii on November 7, 1978, as a convention referred constitutional amendment. It was approved. The amendment proposed that Article I, Section 11 of the Hawaiian constitution be created and state that when a grand jury is convened, there would be an independent counsel appointed, as provided by law, to advise the members of the grand jury regarding matters brought before it. Independent counsel would be selected from among those persons licensed to practice law by the supreme court of the state and shall not be a public employee. The term and compensation for independent counsel would be as provided by law.[1]
Election results
| Hawaii Amendment 2 (1978) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| 162,124 | 64.28% | |||
| No | 90,102 | 35.72% | ||
Election results via: Referenda and Primary Elections for Hawaii, 1968-1990
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