STAND. COM. REP. NO.  258

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 92

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 92 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOTING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide for fairness in voting by:

 

     (1)  Statutorily establishing that:

 

          (A)  The absentee ballot of any voter; or

 

          (B)  The military-overseas ballot of any covered voter,

 

          who was eligible to vote at the time the ballot was cast is valid even if the voter became ineligible to vote after casting the ballot; and

 

     (2)  Repealing statutory provisions that invalidate an absentee voter's ballot that was cast if sufficient proof is shown that the voter died prior to the opening of the election polls on the date of the election.


     The Oahu Veterans Council and Military Officers Association of America, Hawaii Chapter testified in support of this bill.  The Office of Elections, Office of the County Clerk of the County of Kauai, and Office of the County Clerk of the County of Maui provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 92 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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K. MARK TAKAI, Chair