HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Rep. David A. Tarnas, Chair |
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Rep. Gregg Takayama, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Luke A. Evslin |
Rep. Greggor Ilagan |
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Rep. Sonny Ganaden |
Rep. Sam Satoru Kong |
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Rep. Daniel Holt |
Rep. Tyson K. Miyake |
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Rep. Linda Ichiyama |
Rep. Kanani Souza |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, January 30, 2024 |
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TIME: |
2:00 PM |
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PLACE: |
VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 325 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the Office of Elections to print and mail a physical copy of the digital voter information guide to any voter upon request. Appropriates funds.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE DIGITAL VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE. Provides that certain information to be included in any digital voter information guide shall not be released to any requestor in whole or in part before the public release of the entire guide.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires that each vote cast for a question on a ballot for the ratification of a constitutional amendment be counted in the negative only if the ballot properly indicates that the vote is in the negative.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ARRANGEMENT OF CANDIDATE NAMES ON BALLOTS. Requires that any new contract entered into by the Office of Elections for equipment or services relating to preparing ballots or counting votes include the capability to randomize the names of candidates appearing on the ballot if technologically possible. Requires candidate names to be randomized on ballots to the greatest extent possible. Requires the Office of Elections to inform voters and candidates, by a method suited for the voting system, that the names of candidates may not be in alphabetical order.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires the Office of Elections to file an application with Electronic Registration Information Center, Inc. (ERIC), by 1/1/2025, for the State to be admitted as a member of the organization. Requires the Office of Elections to share with each county the information and services made available by ERIC pursuant to the State's membership agreement with the organization. Requires the Office of Elections and each county office that administers elections to use information and services made available by ERIC to verify their respective voter registration rolls. Makes an appropriation.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS. Appropriates funds to the Office of Elections Statewide Elections Accessibility Needs Advisory Committee to provide voter education and outreach services for individuals with accessibility needs.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Designates all University of Hawaii system campuses as voter registration agencies as defined in the National Voter Registration Act. Requires the Chief Election Officer to use data concerning voter registration and election participation to study voter registration, absentee voting, and provisional voting trends by age, race, and class to improve youth voter registration and election participation. Allows student identification cards issued by the University of Hawaii system to be used to register to vote. Designates all University of Hawaii campuses as voter service centers.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Prohibits the distribution of electioneering communications before an election that a person knows or should have known are deceptive and fraudulent deepfakes of a candidate or party.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Provides protections for clerks, election officials, and election workers from harassment, threats, abuse, and assault in the performance of their official duties. Prohibits the sharing of personal information of clerks, election officials, and election workers for the purposes of harassment, threats, abuse, and assault. Appropriates funds.
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JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Reschedules the post-election assembly of presidential electors to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a person established a new residence in a place if that person has been absent for a prolonged period of time during which the person has only been in one place.
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JHA |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Abolishes the boards of registration.
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JHA, FIN |
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________________________________________ Rep. David A. Tarnas Chair |