STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2458

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2670
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2670 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the selection box to
either precede or follow a candidate's name on the ballot.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will give the Office
of Elections needed flexibility in designing the ballot to
accommodate whatever voting system happens to be used.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Office of Elections.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2670 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on
the calendar for Third Reading.


 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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