Report Title:

Elections, Vote by Mail

 

Description:

Allows elections other than regularly scheduled primary or general election to be conducted by mail upon determination for federal or state elections, by the chief election officer or for county elections, by the county clerk.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1008

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part IX to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§11- Federal, state, and county elections by mail. (a) A state or county election held other than on the date of a regularly scheduled primary or general election may be conducted by mail. A federal election held other than on the date of a regularly scheduled primary or general election may also be conducted by mail.

(b) The chief election officer shall determine whether a federal or state election, other than a regularly scheduled primary or general election, may be conducted by mail or at polling places.

(c) The county clerk shall determine whether a county election, held other than on the date of a regularly scheduled primary or general election, may be conducted by mail or at polling places. An election by mail in the county shall be under the supervision of the county clerk.

(d) The chief election officer shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to provide for uniformity in the conduct of federal, state, and county elections by mail."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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