STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1569

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1133

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1133, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to permit voter registration for eligible residents at polling places on election day.

 

     The Office of Elections submitted comments in support of the measure.  The Office of the County Clerk, Elections Division, for the County of Hawaii and the County of Kauai, respectively, submitted comments.

 

Your Committee recognizes that voter turnout in Hawaii has been low in recent years and that a number of other states currently provide for voter registration of qualified individuals on election day.  Your Committee believes that by authorizing last-minute voter registration on election day for individuals who can prove residency, this measure will increase voter participation.

 

     Your Committee has amended the bill by including the use of a valid military identification card as an acceptable proof of identity.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1133, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1133, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair