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HI Rev Stat § 14-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-21 Nomination of presidential electors and alternates; certification; notification of nominees.

  §14-21 Nomination of presidential electors and alternates; certification; notification of nominees. In each year when electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be chosen, each of the political parties or parties or groups qualified under section 11-113 shall hold a state party or group convention pursuant to the constitution, bylaws, and rules of the party or group; and nominate as candidates for its party or group as many electors, and a first and second alternate for each elector, of president and vice president of the United States as the State is then entitled. The electors and alternates shall be registered voters of the State. The names and addresses of the nominees shall be certified by the chairperson and secretary of the convention of the respective parties or groups and submitted to the chief election officer not later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth day prior to the general election of the same year. The chief election officer upon receipt thereof, shall immediately notify each of the nominees for elector and alternate elector of the nomination. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §4(b); am L 1981, c 100, §2(1); gen ch 1993]
HI Rev Stat § 14-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-22 Contested nominations of presidential electors and alternates.

 §14-22 Contested nominations of presidential electors and alternates. If more than one certificate of choice and selection of presidential electors and alternate electors of the same political party or group is filed with the chief election officer, as chairperson of the contested presidential electors' committee hereby constituted, the chief election officer shall notify the state comptroller and attorney general, who are the remaining members of the committee, of the date, time, and place of the hearing to be held for the purposes of making a determination of which set of electors and alternative electors were lawfully chosen and selected by the political party or group. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the chairperson of the state central committee of each political party and the chairperson of each party or group qualified under section 11-113, contestants for the positions of electors and alternate electors by written notice, and to all other interested parties by public notice at least once. A determination shall be made by the committee by majority vote not later than 4:30 p.m. on October 30 of the same year and the determination shall be final. Notice of the results shall be given to the nominees duly determined to have been chosen. The committee shall have all the powers enumerated in section 11-43. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §4(c); am L 1981, c 100, §2(2); gen ch 1993; am L 1998, c 2, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 14-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-23 Time for election, number to be chosen.

 §14-23 Time for election, number to be chosen. In each presidential election year there shall be elected at large, at the general election, by the voters of the State, as many electors and alternates of president and vice president of the United States as the State is then entitled to elect, in the manner provided under section 11-113. The electors and the alternates must be registered voters of the State. The election shall be conducted and the results thereof determined in conformity with the laws governing general elections except as otherwise provided. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1977, c 189, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 14-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-24 Certificate of election, notice of meeting.

 §14-24 Certificate of election, notice of meeting. Not later than 4:30 p.m. on the last day in the month of the election, or as soon as the returns have been received from all counties in the State, if received before that time, the chief election officer shall certify to the governor the names of the presidential electors and alternates of the same political party or group as the candidates for president and vice president receiving the highest number of votes as elected as presidential electors and alternates. Thereupon the governor shall in accordance with the laws of the United States, communicate by registered mail under the seal of the State of Hawaii to the administrator of general services of the United States, the certificates of persons elected as presidential electors, setting forth the names of the electors and the total number of votes cast for each elector. The chief election officer shall thereupon, together with a notice of the time and place of the meeting of the electors, cause to issue and transmit to each elector and alternate a certificate of election signed by the governor in substantially the following form: CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR  I,...............Governor of the State of Hawaii, do hereby certify that..............., a member of the...............party or group, was on the...............day of..............., 20....., duly elected a Presidential Elector for the State of Hawaii for the presidential election of 20...... CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION OF ALTERNATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR  I,...............Governor of the State of Hawaii, do hereby certify that..............., a member of the...............party or group, was on the...............day of..............., 20....., duly elected...............Alternate Presidential Elector for Presidential Elector...............for the State of Hawaii for the presidential election of 20...... [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §4(d); am L 1981, c 100, §2(3); am L 2020, c 70, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 14-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-25 Duties of the governor.

 §14-25 Duties of the governor. On or before the day of the meeting of the electors the governor shall deliver to the electors a list of the names of electors, and the governor shall perform any other duties relating to the presidential electors which are required of the governor by laws of the United States. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 14-26 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-26 Assembly of electors at state capital; time.

 §14-26 Assembly of electors at state capital; time. The electors chosen shall assemble at the state capital on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election, at two o'clock in the afternoon. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 14-27 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-27 Filling vacancies of presidential electors.

 §14-27 Filling vacancies of presidential electors. In case of the death or absence of any elector chosen, or if the number of electors is deficient for any other reason, the vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the alternates in the order of their numerical designation for their respective electors causing the vacancy or vacancies, and in the event that vacancy or vacancies still exist, then the electors present shall select from the members of the same political party or group as many persons as will supply the deficiency. Certificates for the alternates or substitutes as presidential electors shall be issued by the governor. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1981, c 100, §2(4)]
HI Rev Stat § 14-28 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-28 Convening and voting for president and vice president; party vote.

 §14-28 Convening and voting for president and vice president; party vote. The electors, when convened, if both candidates are alive, shall vote by ballot for that person for president and that person for vice president of the United States, who are, respectively, the candidates of the political party or group which they represent, one of whom, at least, is not an inhabitant of this State. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1981, c 100, §2(5)]
HI Rev Stat § 14-29 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-29 Naming persons voted for in ballots, separate ballots.

 §14-29 Naming persons voted for in ballots, separate ballots. The electors shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in separate ballots the person voted for as vice president. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 14-30 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-30 Lists of persons voted for and number of votes, certification, transmission to president of the senate.

 §14-30 Lists of persons voted for and number of votes, certification, transmission to president of the senate. The electors shall separately list the persons voted for as president and as vice president, respectively, and the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign, certify, seal, and transmit by mail, one copy to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate of the United States, and make such other disposition of the lists as required by law. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 14-31 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|14. Presidential Elections|14-31 Compensation and mileage of electors, amounts.

 §14-31 Compensation and mileage of electors, amounts. Each presidential elector shall receive $50 for the elector's services, plus the reasonable cost of transportation from the elector's voting residence in the State to the state capital and return. Their accounts shall be certified to by the chief election officer and audited by the state comptroller, and shall be payable out of the general fund. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 15-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-1 Definitions.

 §15-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  "Absentee ballot" means a ballot as defined in section 11-1 used in absentee voting.  "Electronic transmission" means the transmission of a blank or voted ballot by facsimile, electronic mail delivery, or the utilization of an online absentee ballot delivery and return system that may include the ability to mark the ballot. "Invalid ballot" means any absentee ballot which does not meet the requirements for a ballot to be counted as listed in section 15-9.  "Voter in a remote area" means any registered voter who resides ten miles or more from the voter's designated polling place by the most direct route for public travel. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1976, c 106, §4(1); gen ch 1985; am L 2016 c 168, §1; am L 2019, c 136, §26]
HI Rev Stat § 15-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-2 Who may vote by absentee ballot.

  §15-2 Who may vote by absentee ballot. Any person registered to vote may cast an absentee ballot in any election, including an election conducted by mail, in the manner provided in this chapter and rules adopted by the chief election officer. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1980, c 248, §1(a); am L 1981, c 29, §1(1); am L 1984, c 149, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1993, c 230, §2; am L 2021, c 213, §33] Case Notes  Section not unconstitutional. 623 F. Supp. 657.
HI Rev Stat § 15-2.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-2.5 Voting by mail in precinct affected by natural disasters.

  §15-2.5 Voting by mail in precinct affected by natural disasters. (a) If the chief election officer and clerk of a county affected as a result of a natural disaster determine that the opening of a designated voter service center will adversely affect the health and safety of voters or voter service center officials, the chief election officer and county clerk, by written order, may require the registered voters of any precinct to vote by mail as provided in part VIIA of chapter 11.  (b) Within thirty days after the issuance of such an order, the chief election officer and county clerk shall notify all registered voters in the affected precinct of the issuance of the order.  (c) The chief election officer shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this section. [L 1996, c 215, §1; am L 2019, c 136, §27; am L 2021, c 213, §34]
HI Rev Stat § 15-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-3 Absentee ballot for presidential election.

 §15-3 Absentee ballot for presidential election. If ineligible to qualify as a voter in the state to which the voter has moved, any former registered voter of Hawaii may vote an absentee ballot in any presidential election occurring within twenty-four months after leaving Hawaii by requesting an application form and returning it properly executed to the county of the voter's prior Hawaii residence. When requesting an application form for an absentee ballot, the applicant shall specify the applicant's eligibility for only the presidential ballot, and the fact of applicant's ineligibility to vote at the applicant's new place of residence verified by the voter registrar or the registrar's authorized representative in the jurisdiction of the applicant's new residence. The application must be received in sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned prior to any presidential election at which the applicant wishes to vote. All required information pursuant to the rules promulgated by the chief election officer shall be completed in full. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 15-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-3.5 REPEALED.

  §15-3.5 REPEALED. L 2012, c 226, §3.
HI Rev Stat § 15-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-4 Request for absentee ballot.

  §15-4 Request for absentee ballot. Any person registered to vote who is unable to receive a ballot at the person's voter registration address of record may request an absentee ballot in writing from the clerk at any time but no later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventh day before the election. Any mailed requests for an absentee ballot shall be mailed by the person directly to the clerk. The clerk may waive any or all of the foregoing requirements in special cases as provided in the rules adopted by the chief election officer.  The request shall include information such as the last four digits of the person's social security number or the person's driver's license number, date of birth, and the address under which the person is registered to vote. The request shall also include the temporary address to which the person wishes the requested ballot to be forwarded. The request, when made for any primary or special primary election, may include an additional request for an absentee ballot to be voted at any election immediately following the primary or special primary; provided that the person so indicates in the person's request. Upon the completion of the election or elections covered by the voter's temporary request under this section, the clerk shall resume mailing the voter's ballot package to the mailing address noted within the voter's registration record. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1980, c 248, §1(b); am L 1981, c 29, §1(2); gen ch 1985; am L 1986, c 305, §5; am L 2004, c 100, §2; am L Sp 2008, c 4, §1; am L 2011, c 142, §3; am L 2012, c 100, §2 and c 104, §2; am L 2015, c 174, §1; am L 2016, c 168, § §2, 3; am L 2019, c 136, §28]
HI Rev Stat § 15-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-5 Delivery of ballots.

 §15-5 Delivery of ballots. (a) Immediately upon receipt of a request for absentee ballot within the time limit specified in section 15-4, the clerk shall examine the records to ascertain whether the voter is lawfully entitled to vote as requested. If the clerk ascertains that the voter is lawfully entitled to vote as requested, no earlier than thirty days before the election, the clerk shall mail in a forwarding envelope, or deliver in person if the voter appears at the office of the clerk, an official ballot and other materials prescribed in section 15-6, except that an incapacitated voter may send a representative to obtain the voter's ballots pursuant to the rules adopted by the chief election officer; provided that official ballots and other materials prescribed in section 15-6 shall be mailed or delivered:  (1) To uniform military and overseas voters pursuant to section 15D-9; and  (2) No later than twenty-four hours after receipt of the request for absentee ballot for requests received on the last day specified in section 15-4.  (b) If absentee ballots requested under section 15-4 are not received by a voter within five days of an election, if a voter requires a replacement ballot within five days of an election, or if a voter would otherwise not be able to return a properly issued ballot by the close of polls, then a voter may request that absentee ballots be forwarded by electronic transmission; provided that a voter with special needs, including a disability, may request that a ballot be forwarded by electronic transmission at any time, but no earlier than the date that the voter's initial ballot package was or would have been transmitted. Upon receipt of such a request and confirmation that the voter has not already voted, the clerk may transmit appropriate ballots, voting information required by section 15-6, and a form containing a waiver of the right to secrecy, as provided by section 11-137. The waiver of the right to secrecy shall not be required if the voted ballot is returned in a signed ballot return identification envelope issued to the voter. The voter may return the voted ballots and executed forms by electronic transmission or mail; provided that they are received by the issuing clerk no later than the closing hour on election day in accordance with section 11-131. Upon receipt, the clerk shall verify compliance with the requirements of section 15-9 and prepare the ballots for counting pursuant to section 15-10; provided that if the voter returns multiple voted absentee ballots for the same election, the clerk shall, for purposes of counting ballots, prepare only the first absentee ballot returned that is not spoiled. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1980, c 248, §1(c); gen ch 1985; am L 1993, c 304, §8; am L 2012, c 226, §2; am L 2015, c 173, §3; am L 2016, c 168, §4; am L 2019, c 137, §1; am L 2021, c 213, §35]
HI Rev Stat § 15-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-6 Return envelope, ballot envelope; instructions.

 §15-6 Return envelope, ballot envelope; instructions. The clerk shall provide the absentee voter with the ballots, ballot envelopes, and a return envelope that shall contain a statement to be subscribed to by the voter that affirms the fact that the voter is the person voting and that the voter's employer or agent of the employer, agent of the voter's labor union, or any candidate listed on the ballot did not assist the voter, as described in section 11-139, along with the instruction that the voter's ballot will be valid only if the affirmation statement is signed, materials summarizing the provisions in sections 19-3, 19-3.5, 19-4, and 19-6, and any other information prescribed by the rules promulgated by the chief election officer. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1980, c 248, §1(d); gen ch 1985; am L 2013, c 235, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 15-6.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-6.5 Absentee postage. The mailed distribution and return of absentee ballots shall be at no cost to the voter. The State and counties shall share in the cost of all postage associated with the distribution and return of absentee ballots pursuant to sections 11-182 and 11-183, if the costs are not covered by the federal government. [L 1993, c 304, §2; am L 2019, c 136, §29]

  §15-6.5 Absentee postage. The mailed distribution and return of absentee ballots shall be at no cost to the voter. The State and counties shall share in the cost of all postage associated with the distribution and return of absentee ballots pursuant to sections 11-182 and 11-183, if the costs are not covered by the federal government. [L 1993, c 304, §2; am L 2019, c 136, §29]
HI Rev Stat § 15-7, 15-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-7, 15-8 REPEALED.

 § §15-7, 15-8 REPEALED. L 2019, c 136, § §54, 55.
HI Rev Stat § 15-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-9 Return, receipt, processing, and treatment of absentee ballots.

  §15-9 Return, receipt, processing, and treatment of absentee ballots. An absentee ballot shall be returned, received, processed, and treated in the same manner as a return identification envelope in an election by mail as provided by part VIIA of chapter 11. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1976, c 106, §4(4); am L 1979, c 133, §8; am L 1980, c 248, §1(f); am L 1983, c 34, §22; am L 1985, c 203, §8; am L 1993, c 304, §10; am L 2019, c 136, §30; am L 2021, c 213, §36]
HI Rev Stat § 15-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-10 Counting of absentee ballots.

 §15-10 Counting of absentee ballots. If the requirements in section 15-9 are met, the return and ballot envelopes may be opened and the ballot counted as prescribed by law for the voting system in use. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1976, c 106, §4(5); am L 1980, c 248, §1(g); am L 2019, c 136, §31]
HI Rev Stat § 15-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-11 Voting by absentee voter at a voter service center prohibited.

  §15-11 Voting by absentee voter at a voter service center prohibited. Any person having voted an absentee ballot pursuant to this chapter shall not be entitled to cast a ballot at a voter service center on election day. An absentee voter who casts a ballot at a voter service center shall be guilty of an election offense under section 19-3(5). [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L Sp 2008, c 4, §2; am L 2021, c 213, §37]
HI Rev Stat § 15-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-12 Receipt and disposition of late absentee ballots.

 §15-12 Receipt and disposition of late absentee ballots. For any election all return envelopes containing absentee ballots received by the clerk after the deadline for receipt stated in section 15-9 shall be kept unopened and disposed of pursuant to section 11-154. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 1980, c 248, §1(h)]
HI Rev Stat § 15-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-13 REPEALED.

 §15-13 REPEALED. L 2019, c 10, §4.
HI Rev Stat § 15-13.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-13.5 Eligibility of voter after absentee ballot cast.

  §15-13.5 Eligibility of voter after absentee ballot cast. The absentee ballot of any voter who was eligible to vote at the time the ballot was cast shall not be deemed invalid solely because the voter became ineligible to vote after casting the ballot. For the purposes of this section, "cast" means that the voter has:  (1) Deposited the absentee ballot in the mail for ballots mailed in accordance with section 15-9(a)(1);  (2) Delivered the absentee ballot to the appropriate county clerk or polling place in accordance with section 15-9; or  (3) Completed voting in person at an absentee polling place. [L 2019, c 10, §1; am L 2021, c 213, §38]
HI Rev Stat § 15-14 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|15. Absentee Voting|15-14 Ballots; where voting machines are used.

 §15-14 Ballots; where voting machines are used. In all districts in which voting machines are used, sections 15-1 to 15-12 shall apply; provided that the number and type of ballots to be printed shall be determined at the discretion of the officer charged with printing and furnishing them. The officer may use reasonable facsimiles of the sample ballot used in voting machine precincts. [L 1975, c 36, pt of §3; am L 2019, c 10, §3 and c 136, §32]