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Hawaii Regulations § 3-177-152 Voter registration forms; collection

⤴ Up to Subchapter 4: Voter Registration

Regulation Text

(a) Voter registration forms of new voters shall be received by the clerk no later than 4:30 p.m. on the day of the closing of the register for the election for which the applicant seeks to be registered. Voter registration forms received after the closing of the register for an election shall not be valid for that election and shall be processed by the clerk to register the applicant for the next election, except in regard to any person appearing in person at any voter service center on or before election day, who is otherwise eligible to register to vote under HRS § 11-15.2 .
(b) Applicants to be new voters, who are not registering to vote in person at a voter service center, shall submit completed voter registration forms in the following manner:
(1) At designated drop off locations operated by the chief election officer or clerk;
(2) By delivering the completed voter registration form to the clerk or to designated representatives of the clerk. This includes, but is not limited to, any state motor vehicle authority or voter registration agency, as those terms are used in the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, as amended (e.g. driver license offices);
(3) By mailing the completed voter registration form to the clerk, provided that the completed voter registration form shall be mailed directly to the clerk and shall be postmarked no later than the day of the closing of the register for the election for which, the applicant seeks to be registered. If the postmark is illegible or missing, an otherwise acceptable voter registration form shall be effective for an upcoming election:
(A) If the voter registration form is executed on or before the close of registration for that election; and
(B) The voter registration form is received by the clerk by mail no later than the second business day after the close of registration for that election; or
(4) Using the online voter registration system, authorized by HRS § 11-15.3 .

History

[Eff JUL 26 2020] (Auth: HRS § 11-4 ) (Imp: HRS §§ 11-15 , 15.3, 11-16 , 11-24 )

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