STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1127

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1133

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1133, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to eliminate impediments to voting by allowing voters to register on the day of the primary, special primary, special, general, or special general election.

     The Office of Elections, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1133, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair