Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Yoshina
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1998No. Nos. 97-16408, 97-16540, 97-16543 and 97-16596PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a constitutional challenge to a vote put to the citizens of Hawaii on November 5, 1996. Plaintiffs ask us to invalidate the vote on the ground that the *1222Hawaii Supreme Court’s interpretation of blank ballots was so unforeseeable that the voters’ substantive due process and free speech rights were violated. We reject this constitutional challenge and uphold the Hawaii vote.
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The vote at issue was on a question asking Hawaii voters whether they wished to hold a convention that would propose amendments to the Hawaii state constitution. The constitutional…
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