Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1011 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to:

(1) Provide assistance to voters with any disability; and

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the state Office of Elections, the League of Women Voters, and the state Disability and Communication Access Board.

Your Committee finds that this bill will help conform existing laws with current practice and the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1011, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1011, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.