REPORT TITLE:
Elections; Recount


DESCRIPTION:
Allows requests for a manual recount of any precenct election
result provided that the requestor pays fees for recount.
Authorizes the chief election officer to adopt rules.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.1655       
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
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:

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to part X to be appropriately designated
 
 3 and to read as follows:
 
 4      "§11-     Manual recount of votes cast.  (a)
 
 5 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any registered voter who
 
 6 voted in the last sixty days or any qualified political party,
 
 7 may request of the chief election officer, a manual recount of
 
 8 any precinct election result provided that the requesting voter
 
 9 or political party:
 
10      (1)  Files a written request with the chief election officer
 
11           within five days of an election;
 
12      (2)  Deposits with the chief election officer a fee of $200
 
13           for the first precinct requested to be recounted and
 
14           $50 for each additional precinct requested to be
 
15           recounted; and
 
16      (3)  Pays an additional fee of 25 cents for each ballot that
 
17           was counted during the manual recount.
 
18 The chief election officer may adopt rules under chapter 91 to
 
19 implement this section in a fair, uniform, and impartial manner.
 
20      (b)  Nothing in this section shall preclude the right to
 

 
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 1 judicial proceedings under this chapter."
 
 2      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
 3      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 5                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________