STAND. COM. REP. NO.  753-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2736

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2736, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BALLOTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require that Hawaiian language ballots be made available upon request by a voter for elections held after January 1, 2021.

 

     Common Cause Hawaii and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Office of Elections and Kamehameha Schools provided comments.  

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2736, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair