HB1008 HSCR55-02

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.55-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 1008

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1008 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to establish the authority to conduct elections by mail for elections held on a date other than that of a regularly scheduled primary or general election.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the state Office of Elections, the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, the state Disability and Communication Access Board, Common Cause Hawaii, and a concerned individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure will save the costs currently incurred for special elections and ensure that elections can be conducted within the legal timeframe.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1008 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

 

		____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair