STAND. COM. REP. NO.585-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2843

 

 

 

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. 2843 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure greater public confidence in the election process by providing a mechanism for automatic recount in close races.

In addition, this bill amends laws relating to primary elections by:

(1) Changing the date of the primary election from the second to the last Saturday in September to the second Saturday in August; and

(2) Deleting the provision that no primary election shall precede a general election by less than 45 days.

The Office of Elections, The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and Common Cause Hawaii supported this measure.

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. 2843 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