S.C.R. NO. 208 Summary

• Requests each county's Office of the Clerk to designate and establish additional voter service centers (VSCs) for the 2020 elections based on the particular needs of the county's voters.

• Currently only eight VSCs are planned statewide: one in Kauai, three in Maui County (Maui, Molokai, Lanai), two in Hawaii County (Hilo and Kailua-Kona), and two in Honolulu (Honolulu Hale and Kapolei Hale).

• Directs consideration of using state libraries and other state or county locations to establish additional VSCs to better serve voters, particularly those in rural areas requiring significant travel distances.

• Recommends staffing additional VSCs with trained volunteers from non-partisan civic organizations.

• Cites concerns that insufficient VSCs during the inaugural vote-by-mail election system could result in voter disenfranchisement, unresolved issues, and challenges to election results.