STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1457

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.R. No. 70

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.R. No. 70 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE ON AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Office of Elections convene a task force on automatic voter registration.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by requiring the task force to consider automatic absentee voter registration upon the application or renewal of a driver’s license.

The Office of Elections, Common Cause Hawaii, the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Americans for Democratic Action Hawaii, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Legislative Reference Bureau provided comments on 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. 70, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 70, H.D. 1.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair