Bill Text: HI HB1605 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-30 - The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB1605 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1605-Introduced.html
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H.B. NO. |
1605 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to require 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 for "no".
SECTION 2. Section 11-151, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§11-151 Vote count. (a)
Except for contests conducted by ranked-choice voting pursuant to
section 11-100, each contest or question on a ballot shall be counted
independently as follows:
(1) If the votes cast in a contest or on a question are equal to or less than the number to be elected or chosen for that contest or question, the votes for that contest or question shall be counted;
(2) If the votes cast in a contest or question exceed the number to be elected or chosen for that contest or question, the votes for that contest or question shall not be counted; and
(3) If a contest or question requires a
majority of the votes for passage, any blank, spoiled, or invalid ballot shall
not be tallied for passage or as votes cast except that [such] the
ballots shall be counted as votes cast in [ratification of a constitutional
amendment or] a question for a constitutional convention.
(b)
Each vote cast in ratification of a constitutional amendment shall be
counted in the negative only if the ballot properly indicates that the vote is
in the negative. No other indication on
the ballot, including but not limited to a blank or cross-out, shall be counted
in the negative."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Elections; Voting; Ratification of Constitutional Amendment; Negative Votes
Description:
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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