STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1580-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 2898

      S.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish provisions to allow member states to determine the winner of a presidential election by national popular vote.

     The Center for Voting and Democracy supported this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.  The Office of Elections and National Popular Vote provided comments.

     Your Committee notes that this measure is intended to make Hawaii a member of the agreement among the states to elect the President by national popular vote.

     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 S.B. No. 2898, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair