STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1168-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2562

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2562, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to encourage voter participation by allowing a registered voter to request permanent absentee voter status and receive an absentee ballot for all subsequent elections conducted in that precinct.

     The Office of Elections, AARP Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Office of the County Clerk of the County of Kauai offered comments.

     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. 2562, S.D. 1, 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,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair