Bill Text: HI SB207 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; Permanent Absentee Ballots; Voter Registration
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-24 - (S) Referred to JDL. [SB207 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB207-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§11-15 Application to register. (a) Any person qualified to and desiring to register as a voter in any county shall make and subscribe to an application in the form of an affidavit.
The affidavit shall contain the following information:
(1) Name;
(2) Social security number;
(3) Date of birth;
(4) Residence, including mailing address;
(5) That the residence stated in the affidavit is not simply because of the person's presence in the State but that the residence was acquired with the intent to make Hawaii the person's legal residence with all the accompanying obligations therein; and
(6) That the person is a citizen.
(b) Any person qualified to and desiring to register as a voter for the election of members of the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs shall make and subscribe to an application in the form of an affidavit which shall state that the person is Hawaiian and which shall contain the information required under subsection (a). The affidavit shall also apply to all elections, primary, special primary, general, special general, special, or county, held in the State, under all voting systems used within the State, so far as applicable and not inconsistent with this title.
(c) The application form shall also contain a check box where the applicant may request to receive absentee ballots permanently.
[(c)] (d) The applicant shall
swear to the truth of the allegations by self-subscribing oath in the affidavit
on application for voter registration or other form prescribed by the chief
election officer. Unless contested by a qualified voter, the clerk may accept,
as prima facie evidence, the allegation of the applicant in information
required in the affidavit in subsection (a)(5), and the allegation of the applicant
that the applicant is Hawaiian required in subsection (b). In any other case
where the clerk shall so desire or believe the same to be expedient, the clerk
may demand that the applicant furnish substantiating evidence to the
allegations of the applicant's application.
[(d)] (e) The applicant shall
then affix the applicant's signature to the affidavit. In the case where an
applicant is unable to write for the reason of illiteracy, blindness, or other
physical disability the applicant's mark shall be witnessed by another person
who shall sign the affidavit in the space provided. A voter having once been
registered shall not be required to register again for any succeeding election,
except as provided in this chapter. Affidavits approved by the clerk shall
thereupon be numbered appropriately, filed by the clerk and kept available for
election or government purposes in accordance with procedures established by
section 11-97.
[(e)] (f) The clerk may
designate a subordinate or subordinates to act in the clerk's place and stead
in all matters covered by this section, except that no candidate shall be
eligible to serve as a subordinate."
SECTION 2. Section 15-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) [When] Notwithstanding
subsection (a), a registered voter [requests an absentee ballot, the
voter also may include an additional] may request from the clerk
to receive absentee ballots permanently[.] at any time, in
person or in writing, or as indicated on the voter's voter registration form
pursuant to section 11-15(c), even if the request is not within the time period
described in subsection (a). After receiving a request for permanent
absentee voter status, the clerk shall mail to the voter who requested permanent
absentee voter status an absentee ballot for all subsequent elections conducted
in that precinct."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Elections; Permanent Absentee Ballots; Voter Registration
Description:
Allows a person registering to vote to indicate on the registration application that the applicant wishes to be a permanent absentee voter. Allows a voter who wants to vote by permanent absentee ballot to apply at any time.
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