HB1668 Summary

• Prohibits ballot harvesting by restricting who can deliver absentee or mail-in ballots on behalf of voters to designated agents only.

• Requires designated agents to be a caregiver for someone with illness or disability, a family member, or a police officer/election official if no other person is available, and must sign a written designation under penalty of perjury.

• Makes it election fraud for employers, labor union agents, or candidates to provide voting assistance, and for any non-designated person to pick up or deliver ballots.

• Adds violations of ballot harvesting restrictions to Hawaii's election fraud statutes, making violations punishable as felonies.

• Prohibits compensating ballot collectors based on the number of ballots returned and makes this practice election fraud.