STAND. COM. REP. NO. 476

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 654

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 654 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOTING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow for election-day voter registration.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Common Cause Hawaii, and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.  Comments were received from the Office of Election.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that election-day voter registration permits eligible voters to register and vote on primary and general election days.  This enhances the participatory democracy process and promotes increased voter turnout.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 654 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair