HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1082

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

Relating to absentee voting.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 15-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Any person registered to vote may request an absentee ballot or permanent absentee ballot in person or in writing from the clerk at any time but not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventh day prior to the election.  Any mailed requests for an absentee ballot or permanent absentee ballot shall be mailed by the person directly to the clerk.  The clerk may waive any or all of the foregoing requirements in special cases as provided in the rules adopted by the chief election officer.

     The request shall include information such as the person's social security number, date of birth, and the address under which the person is registered to vote.  The request shall also include the address to which the person wishes the requested ballot to be forwarded.  The request, when made for any primary or special primary election, may include an additional request for an absentee ballot to be voted at any election immediately following the primary or special primary; provided the person so indicates in the person's request.

     Subsequent to the closing of registration for each election, the clerk may mail a request form for an absentee ballot and permanent absentee ballot to each voter in a remote area who has not already made such a request.  The request form shall be accompanied by:

     (1)  A stamped, self-addressed envelope; and

     (2)  Instructions regarding the manner of completing and returning the request form.

Notwithstanding the request process specified by this subsection, all registered voters age seventy-five and older in the year of an election shall automatically be permanent absentee voters.  The clerk shall inform all such voters of their permanent absentee status and shall mail to the voter an absentee ballot for all elections conducted in the voter's precinct, unless such status is terminated due to the conditions in subsection (i) (1) or (2)."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Absentee Voting

 

Description:

Requires all registered voters age 75 and older to automatically be permanent absentee voters voting by absentee ballot.

 

 

 

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