Ballot measure · Hawaii · November 3, 2026

Question 1

Title as the state lists it: Increasing the Timeframe for the Hawaii Senate to Consider and Act on Judicial Appointments.1,2,3

Research draftReferred by the legislatureConstitutional amendment
How it got there
Referred by the legislature
Kind of measure
Constitutional amendment
To pass
More than one condition
Researched
October 27, 2026

Research draft. We gathered this from official sources on October 27, 2026: election offices, state laws and court records, each linked to its source. Separate reviewers checked a random sample of 48 facts from the ballot-measure research against the cited sources and found no errors. The rest hasn't been reviewed fact by fact yet, so check the linked source before relying on anything here.

§1What your vote means

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

A yes vote

A yes vote would amend the Hawaii Constitution to give the state Senate 60 days instead of 30 to approve or reject a judicial appointment when the appointment is made between April 1 and December 31.1,2 p. 73

A no vote

A no vote would keep the 30-day limit for the Senate to approve or reject a judicial appointment made at any time of year, after which the Senate is treated as having consented.2,3 voter guide p. 73; Haw. Const. art. VI, § 3

More about it

The Office of Elections lists Senate Bill 121 (2025) as the full text of this amendment.1

§2How it got on the ballot

Referred by the legislature. The legislature voted to put it on the ballot.1,2,3

Constitutional amendment. It would change the state constitution.1,2,3

It is on Hawaii's list of statewide measures for November 3, 2026.1,2 None of the official sources we read calls the list certified or final, so we don’t either. What we couldn't confirm about the list is in the notes on Hawaii's measures.

§3What it needs to pass

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

More than one condition. An amendment passes only if yes votes are a majority of the yes and no votes on it and also equal at least half of all votes cast in the election, counting blank votes and overvotes on the question.1,2,3 Haw. Const. art. XVII, §§ 2-3; voter guide p. 73