REPORT TITLE:
Blank Ballot


DESCRIPTION:
Requires the chief election officer in the case of a proposed
amendment to the state constitution or the county clerk in the
case of a proposed county charter amendment or other issue, to
print in bold type on the ballot the effect of a blank vote on
that question.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.1644       
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.




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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 11-112, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  The ballot may include questions concerning proposed
 
 4 state constitutional amendments, proposed county charter
 
 5 amendments, or proposed initiative or referendum issues.
 
 6      The chief election officer in the case of a proposed state
 
 7 constitutional amendment shall include the following statement on
 
 8 the ballot in bold print:  "A BLANK VOTE ON THIS QUESTION WILL
 
 9 HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS A 'NO' VOTE".  The county clerk, in the
 
10 case of a proposed county charter amendment or other county issue
 
11 shall include the following statement on the ballot in bold
 
12 print:  "A BLANK VOTE ON THIS QUESTION WILL NOT AFFECT THE
 
13 OUTCOME OF THIS QUESTION"."
 
14      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
15      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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17                              INTRODUCED BY:______________________