Hawaii Revised Statutes 15. Absentee Voting

• 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. "Absentee...
• 15-2 Who May Vote by Absentee Ballot.
  Any person registered to vote may cast an absentee ballot in the manner provided in this chapter and rules adopted by the chief election...
• 15-2.5 Absentee Voting 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...
• 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...
• 15-3.5 Repealed.
  L 2012, c 226, §3.
• 15-4 Request for Absentee Ballot.
  (a) Any person registered to vote may request an absentee ballot or permanent absentee ballot in person or in writing from the clerk at...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 15-7 Absentee Polling Place.
  [Section effective until December 31, 2015. For section effective January 1, 2016, see below.] (a) Absentee polling places shall be established at the office...
• 15-8 Absentee Ballot Box.
  An absentee ballot box or boxes shall be provided in the absentee polling place for the purpose of depositing the return envelopes and the...
• 15-9 Return and Receipt of Absentee Ballots.
  (a) The return envelope shall be: (1) Mailed and must be received by the clerk issuing the absentee ballot not later than the closing...
• 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...
• 15-11 Voting by Absentee Voter At Polls Prohibited.
  Any person having voted an absentee ballot pursuant to this chapter shall not be entitled to cast a ballot at the polls on election...
• 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...
• 15-13 Death of Voter Prior to Opening of Polls.
  Whenever sufficient proof is shown to the clerk that an absentee voter who has returned the voter's return envelope has died prior to the...
• 15-14 Ballots; Where Voting Machines are Used.
  In all precincts in which voting machines are used sections 15-1 to 15-13 shall apply provided that the number and type of absentee ballots...
• 11-15.3 Application to Register Electronically.
  (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the clerk of each county may permit a person who has valid government-issued identification that is capable...

Last modified: October 27, 2016