HI HB348

Allows incarcerated persons who were Hawaii residents prior to incarceration to vote via absentee ballot in state elections.

Amends residency rules to clarify that confinement in prison, jail, correctional facility, or community correctional facility does not cause loss of Hawaii residency.

Requires voter registration applications to include the last voluntary residence address for persons held in correctional facilities.

Removes the automatic loss of voting rights for felony offenders; voting rights are only restored upon final discharge, but incarcerated persons may now vote by absentee ballot.

Makes absentee ballot the required voting method for all registered voters confined in correctional facilities and allows the chief election officer to adopt rules for special ballot preparation to comply with correctional facility regulations.