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. 413 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that the Office of Elections is more accountable and subject to greater stringent oversight by placing it within the Office of the Auditor. Currently, the Office of Elections is attached to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for administrative purposes.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and one individual testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that this transfer will improve the perception of a more independent Office of Elections and ensure that Hawaii has a truly nonpartisan voting system.

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. 413 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.