Report Title:

Voter-registration forms and requests for absentee ballots; Social Security Numbers

 

Description:

Protects the identity and privacy of voters by requiring only the last four digits of a voter's Social Security Number on voter-registration forms and requests for absentee ballots.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

977

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

relating to social security numbers.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 11-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Any person qualified to and desiring to register as a voter in any county shall make and subscribe to an application in the form of an affidavit.

     The affidavit shall contain the following information:

     (1)  [Name;] The person's name;

     (2)  [Social] The last four digits of the person's social security number;

     (3)  [Date] The person's date of birth;

     (4)  [Residence,] The person's residence, including the person's mailing address;

     (5)  That the residence stated in the affidavit is not simply because of the person's presence in the [State] state but that the residence was acquired with the intent to make Hawaii the person's legal residence with all the accompanying obligations therein; and

     (6)  That the person is a citizen."

     SECTION 2.  Section 15-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Any person registered to vote may request an absentee ballot in person or in writing from the clerk not earlier than on the sixtieth day and not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventh day prior to the election.  Any mailed requests for an absentee ballot shall be mailed by the person directly to the clerk.  The clerk may waive any or all of the foregoing requirements in special cases as provided in the rules adopted by the chief election officer.

     The request shall include information such as the last four digits of the person's social security number, the person's date of birth, and the address under which the person is registered to vote.  The request shall also include the address to which the person wishes the requested ballot to be forwarded.  The request, when made for any primary or special primary election, may include an additional request for an absentee ballot to be voted at any election immediately following the primary or special primary; provided the person so indicates in the person's request.

     Subsequent to the closing of registration for each election, the clerk may mail a request form for an absentee ballot to each voter in a remote area who has not already made such a request.  The request form shall be accompanied by:

     (1)  A stamped, self-addressed envelope; and

     (2)  Instructions regarding the manner of completing and returning the request form."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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