HB375

Report Title:

Candidate Withdrawal

Description:

Authorizes a candidate to withdraw from a race up to 4:30 p.m. on the third day after the candidate filing deadline.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	375
TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to elections.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 11-117, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) Any candidate may withdraw not later than 4:30 p.m. on the third day immediately following the close of filing for any reason and may withdraw after the close of filing up to 4:30 p.m. on the twentieth day prior to an election for reasons of ill health. When a candidate withdraws for ill health, the candidate shall give notice in writing to the chief election officer if the candidate was seeking a congressional or state office, or the candidate shall give notice in writing to the county clerk if the candidate was seeking a county office. The notice shall be accompanied by a statement from a licensed physician indicating that such ill health may endanger the candidate's life."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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