STAND. COM. REP. NO.190

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 1149

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1149 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow any federal, state, or county election held other than on the date of a regularly scheduled primary or general election to be held by mail.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Office of Elections, The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.

This measure is intended to reduce confusion, costs, and inconvenience of holding an election that may be required from time to time, usually unexpectedly. An example is the recent special election to fill the seat of a U.S. Representative. This election could have been conducted by mail, had this option been available, resulting in the saving of public funds.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1149 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation, Military Affairs and Government Operations and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair