Bill Text: HI SB2503 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-24 - Referred to JDC. [SB2503 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2503-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2503 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part II to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§11- Registration as a permanent absentee voter. The submission of a voter registration application either to register to vote or to update a voter's registration information shall constitute a request for permanent absentee voter status under section 15-4, unless the applicant specifically indicates the applicant does not wish to be a permanent absentee voter."
SECTION 2. Section 11-15, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) Any person qualified to and desiring to register as a voter in any county shall make and subscribe to an application in the form of an affidavit.
The affidavit shall contain the following information:
(1) Name;
(2) The
applicant's Hawaii driver's license number or Hawaii state identification card
number; provided that:
(A) If no driver's license or identification card has been issued to the applicant, the last four digits of the applicant's social security number; and
(B) If no social security number has been issued to the applicant, an election official or county clerk shall assign the applicant a unique identification number for voter registration purposes and enroll the applicant in the State's computerized voter registration list, if any;
(3) Date of birth;
(4) Residence, including mailing address;
(5) That the residence
stated in the affidavit is not simply because of the [person's] applicant's
presence in the State, but that the residence was acquired with the intent to
make Hawaii the [person's] applicant's legal residence with all
the accompanying obligations therein; and
(6) That the [person]
applicant is a citizen.
An
application to register to vote shall include a space to [request a] decline
permanent absentee ballot[.] status."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon approval.
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Report Title:
Voter Registration; Permanent Absentee Voter Status
Description:
Provides that the submission of a voter registration application either to register to vote or update the voter's registration information constitutes a request for permanent absentee voter status unless the applicant specifically indicates the applicant does not wish to be a permanent absentee voter.
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