HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1439
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 11-118, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  [In case of] If the death, withdrawal, or disqualification of any party candidate after the close of the filing[,] period, as provided by section 12-6, results in no candidate of a party remaining eligible for election in the primary election, or if the vacancy arises after the primary election, the vacancy so caused may be filled by the party.  The party shall be notified by the chief election officer or the clerk in the case of a county office immediately after the death, withdrawal, or disqualification.  The death, withdrawal, or disqualification of a party candidate before the close of the filing period, as provided by section 12-6, shall not be deemed to create a vacancy if another party candidate remains eligible for election in the primary election."

     SECTION 2.  The office of elections shall take all actions necessary to implement this Act prior to the 2012 election period.

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Elections; Vacancies; New Candidates

Description:

Clarifies how and when a vacancy relating to the election of party candidates occurs.

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