STAND. COM. REP. NO.3268
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2298
H.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2298, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to clarify the filing date for nomination papers for the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Your Committee finds that synchronizing two candidate filing procedures within each general election cycle to a single one:
(1) Is much better use of Office of Elections and county clerk staff resources; and
(2) Makes the filing process easier for prospective candidates to understand and use, which fosters precisely the broadbased participation that keeps democracy strong.
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 H.B. No. 2298, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Chair |
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