Bill Text: HI SB2283 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Bill 2283 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Voter Registration; Social Security Number

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-23 - (S) Referred to JDL. [SB2283 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2283-Introduced.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2283
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The "Help America Vote Act of 2002", section 303, requires applicants for voter registration for federal office elections to provide a driver's license number, if one has been issued, or if none has been issued, the last four digits of the applicant's social security number.

The legislature finds that Hawaii should conform state election law for voter registration to the same requirements of the federal office election law since the voting registration law in Hawaii does not distinguish between voter registration for state or federal office.

The purpose of this Act is to require only the last four digits of the social security number of the applicant or, in lieu thereof, the applicant's Hawaii driver's license number or Hawaii state identification card number for purposes of voter registration.

SECTION 2. Section 11-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(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;~~] Last four digits of the social security number of the applicant or, in lieu thereof, the applicant's Hawaii driver's license number or Hawaii state identification card 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.

An application to register to vote shall include a space to request a permanent absentee ballot."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Voter Registration; Social Security Number

Description:

Requires the last four digits of a social security number, a Hawaii driver's license number, or a Hawaii state identification card number on application to register to vote.

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