Bill Text: HI HB638 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Instant Runoff Voting; Elections
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-04-13 - (H) Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 747). [HB638 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB638-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 855
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: H.B. No. 638
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 638, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure public support and confidence in elected officials by requiring the use of the instant runoff voting method for elections for county offices in which no primary election is held, and in special elections that would normally be subject to a runoff election if a candidate was not elected by majority vote in the initial special election.
Common Cause Hawaii, Americans for Democratic Action/Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this bill. A concerned individual opposed this bill. The Office of Elections and FairVote offered comments.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 638, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair |
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