(3)Ĝomply with the instructions provided with the ballot. (2) Sign the return identification envelope supplied with the ballot and (e) Upon receipt of a ballot by mail, the voter may: To the voter on or after the twenty-ninth day before the election. (d) If a voter requests a ballot to be mailed outside of the State, the county clerk shall mail by nonforwardable mail: To the voter between twenty days and eighteen days before the date of the election. (c) If the county clerk determines that a voter does not receive daily mail service from the United States Postal Service, the county clerk shall mail by nonforwardable mail: To each voter between eighteen days and fourteen days before the date of the election. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), the county clerk shall mail by nonforwardable mail: All voters shall receive a ballot by mail with instructions on completing and returning the ballot to the chief election officer. This information shall also be mailed to each voter with the ballot. The chief election officer shall provide notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the precinct that the pilot project shall be by mail only and that no poll will be open in the precinct on election day. (2) In consultation with the appropriate county clerk, designate one or more precincts to participate in an election by mail only for a regularly scheduled federal or state primary or general election. (1)Ědopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for conducting an election by mail and (a) An election by mail shall be conducted as provided by this section for the 2006 election year. The chief election officer following the election will evaluate the pilot project, and the evaluation shall be reported back to the legislature. The purpose of this Act is to establish a pilot project in which all ballots from one or more precincts are mailed to registered voters in a federal or state primary or general election. (4) Unlike computer voting, voting by mail continues to have a paper ballot that is voter verifiable and may be audited. (3) Having the ballots for a longer period of time lets voters study their choices and find answers to their questions before making their votes and (2) Voting by mail is cost effective, as there are fewer costs associated with the staffing of polling sites (1) Voter participation increases with voting by mail because it is easier for people to vote From Oregon's experience with voting by mail, it has found that: One state, Oregon, uses voting by mail as the exclusive method for casting ballots. This trend indicates that more voters are finding voting by mail an easier option to voting at the polls on election day. In the 2004 presidential election, a record amount of voters requested absentee ballots. Establishes a pilot program to have one or more precincts vote by mail in a federal or state primary or general election.īE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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