Bill Text: HI SB949 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Vote Disposition; Constitutional Amendment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB949 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB949-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to vote disposition.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 11-151, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§11-151 Vote count. Each contest or question on a ballot shall be counted independently as follows:
(1) If the votes cast in a contest or 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 ballots shall be counted
as votes cast [in ratification of a constitutional amendment or] on
a question for a constitutional convention."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon the ratification of a constitutional amendment specifying that blank, spoiled, or invalid ballots shall not be counted as votes cast in ratification of a constitutional amendment.
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Report Title:
Vote Disposition; Constitutional Amendment
Description:
Clarifies that blank, spoiled, or invalid ballots shall not be tallied as votes cast in ratification of a constitutional amendment. Effective upon passage of conforming constitutional amendment.
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