STAND. COM. REP. NO. 859

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 915
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
915 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CANDIDATE VACANCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require replacement
candidates to fill out an application for nomination, sign the
proper certifications, and take an oath or affirmation.

     Your Committee finds that replacement candidates in
elections are presently not being required to present the same
certifications as initial candidates regarding, for instance,
district residence.  Your Committee further finds that requiring
all candidates, replacement or initial, to comply with the same
basic rules for nomination will make for fairer and more
trustworthy elections.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Office of Elections.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by making technical, non-substantive changes for the
purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
915, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second

 
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Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 915, S.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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