STAND. COM. REP. NO.482-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1008

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1008 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow federal, state, and county elections, other than regularly scheduled primary or general elections, to be conducted by mail.

The Office of Elections, Disability and Communications Access Board, and Common Cause Hawaii submitted testimony in support of this bill. The League of Women Voters of Hawaii submitted comments on this bill.

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. 1008 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair