STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1889

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 31

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 31, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION NOMINATION PAPERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the information required of registered voters who sign for election nomination papers or who seek to withdraw their nominating signatures by requiring only the month and date portions of a voter's date of birth and repeal the requirement that voters provide the last four digits of their social security numbers on these forms.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Elections.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Office of Elections uses information provided by signatories on a nomination paper to confirm that the signatories are registered voters and eligible to vote for the candidate they are nominating.  Your Committee further finds that the required information for voter registration has changed over time.  For example, social security numbers are no longer required to register to vote pursuant to Act 167, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016.  Your Committee additionally finds that these changes to voter registration laws impact the types of information that the Office of Elections can use to confirm the eligibility of signatories of nomination papers.  This measure updates the requirements for election nomination papers to reflect current voter registration laws.

 

     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 H.B. No. 31, H.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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KARL RHOADS, Chair