STAND. COM. REP. 263
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 1276
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1276 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to limit voter education responsibilities of the Office of Elections to voter registration and information by deleting the requirements for:
(1) The dissemination of summaries, factsheets, and digests of proposed constitutional amendments prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau; and
(2) The publication and dissemination of foreign language voting materials mandated by the Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992.
The League of Women Voters testified in support of this measure.
The Committee on Judiciary may wish to consider the appropriateness of statutorily requiring the Legislature to carry out the voter education responsibilities that are being removed from the Office of Elections.
Your Committee encourages the Office of Elections to consider including samples of the final voting ballots when mailing out related voting materials to registered voters.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1276 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,
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____________________________ MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair |
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