STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2467

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2666
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
2666 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prohibit persons with a
personal interest in an election, such as family members of a
candidate, losing primary election candidates, or members of the
same party, from working together on election day as officials in
the counting center or the control center, or from delivering and
collecting ballots from the precincts.

     Your Committee finds that the restrictions in this measure
will promote public confidence in the integrity of the election
system.  Your Committee notes that the Office of Elections
presently attempts to assign election day officials according to
these criteria, and believes it can successfully continue to do
so.  Your Committee further notes that if persons assigned to
work as election officials are unable to fulfill their
responsibility, the Office of Elections may fill the vacancy
without regard to party affiliation of the replacement official.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Office of Elections.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making a technical
change for the purposes of conformance with proper statutory
construction.

 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
2666, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2666, S.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary,



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                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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