STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1417-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.R. No. 102

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.R. No. 102 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY ACTION, INCLUDING PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 1 OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, TO EXTEND THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO AMERICAN CITIZENS IN TERRITORIES AND COMMONWEALTHS OF THE UNITED STATES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Congress of the United States to take any action that is necessary, including proposing a Constitutional amendment, to extend the right to vote for the President and Vice President of the United States to American citizens who reside in the Territory of American Samoa, Territory of Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States.

The Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 102 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair