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HI HB92

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

3/1/2013

Primary Sponsor

Karl Rhoads

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allow absentee and military-overseas voters' ballots to remain valid even if the voter becomes ineligible after casting the ballot
  • Repeal Hawaii Revised Statutes section 15-13, which currently invalidates ballots cast by absentee voters who die before election polls open
  • Recognize that voters casting ballots in good faith while eligible should have their votes counted regardless of subsequent ineligibility
  • Supported by the Office of Elections, Military Officers Association of America Hawaii Chapter, and National Association for Uniformed Services Hawaii Chapter
  • Recommended to pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor

Legislative Description

Elections; Absentee Voting; Military-Overseas Voting; Validity of Ballot Cast by Voter Who Becomes Ineligible

Last Action

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDL.

3/22/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Labor3/22/2013
Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs3/5/2013
Judiciary2/11/2013
Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts1/22/2013

Full Bill Text

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