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Article: Con Con justification should address change, not cost
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- September 4, 2008
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Considerations about whether to authorize a state Constitutional Convention have focused on the cost, which should be secondary to the issue about whether the state government's framework needs to be revamped. If voters agree that a convention is needed, it shouldn't be conducted on the cheap.
A task force assembled by Lt. Gov. James Aiona, who favors a convention, estimated last month that it would cost $2.3 million to $11.1 million, depending on the number of delegates and other factors. The Legislative Reference Bureau now estimates the cost at $6.4 million to $41.7 million, nearly half of the latter to be spent on publicly financing campaigns of candidates for 102 delegate seats.
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