Bill Text: HI SB855 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27 [SB855 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-SB855-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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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. Act 167, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:
"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 presence in the State, but that the residence was acquired with the intent to make Hawaii the person's legal residence with all the accompanying obligations therein; and
(6) That the person 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 on January 7, 2059; provided that section 2 shall take effect on January 1, 2018.
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. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
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