STAND. COM. REP. NO. 967-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2668
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 2668, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to revise provisions concerning
removal of inactive voters from the list of registered voters for
consistency with federal statutes.

     Testimony in support of this bill was provided by the Office
of Elections.

     Your Committee intends this measure to reflect National
Voter Registration Act of 1993 procedures designed to enhance
participation of eligible citizens in the voting process, while
ensuring that accurate and current voter registration rolls are
maintained. 

     Your Committee amended this bill by

     (1)  deleting the specific reference to title 42 United
          States code sections 1973gg et seq.;

     (2)  adding to section 11-17(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes, a
          new subsection (3) that provides the clerk will not
          remove names of registered voters who respond to list
          maintenance processes;

 
 
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     (3)  creating numbered subsections within section 11-17(b),
          Hawaii Revised Statutes, including a new section (2)
          that provides for removal of the name of a registered
          voter if the clerk, having mailed a notice of removal,
          receives the notice of removal as return mail with a
          postal notation that the notice was not deliverable;
          and 

     (4)  making technical, non-substantive changes for
          conformity with legislative drafting conventions.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2668, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 2668, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the
Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair