STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2457

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2667
                                        




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.
2667 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NO CANDIDATES FILED FOR AN
     ELECTIVE OFFICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the candidate filing
deadline to be extended if there are no candidates who have filed
for office by the close of candidate filing.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will clarify the law
as to what happens when no candidate has filed for office by the
filing deadline.  Your Committee further finds that allowing
extra time for candidates to file is an appropriate way to
address such a situation.

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

     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.
2667 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on
the calendar for Third Reading.


 
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                                   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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