STAND. COM. REP. 382
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 756
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 756 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Trigger an automatic machine recount of votes in close races; and
(2) Change the date of the primary election to the second Saturday in August.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii and a concerned citizen. The Office of Elections commented on this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Setting a uniform recount level for all races, rather than distinguishing between statewide and other elections; and
(2) Deleting the provision that would change the date of the primary election.
Your Committee believes an automatic recount will improve public confidence in the outcome of close 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 H.B. No. 756, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 756, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair |
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