Opinion ID: 1111406
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Heading: The 1978 Constitutional Convention

Text: In 1976, pursuant to article XV, section 2 now denominated article XVII, section 2, see Hawai`i State AFL-CIO v. Yoshina, 84 Hawai`i 374, 376 & n. 2, 935 P.2d 89, 91 & n. 2 (1997) (noting that, while originally ratified by plebiscite on November 7, 1950 as article XV, section 2, the section was renumbered in 1978 as article XVII, section 2)of the Hawai`i Constitution, [42] the voters mandated the convocation of the 1978 Hawai`i Constitutional Convention. Hart v. King, 470 F.Supp. 1195, 1196 (D.Haw.1979). The 1978 Constitutional Convention ultimately presented to the electorate ... 34 amendments, all of which were passed by the necessary constitutional margin[.] Id. (footnote omitted).