Current through September, 2024
Section 3-177-602 - Ballot packages; timing of transmittal, military and overseas voter requests(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, to the extent a valid military-overseas ballot application is made, pursuant to HRS § 15D-7, and the request is received no later than forty-five days before the election or, if the forty-fifth day before the election is a weekend or holiday, no later than the business day preceding the forty-fifth day, the clerk shall transmit a ballot package by that date.(b) A covered voter who requests that a ballot and balloting materials be sent to the voter by electronic transmission may choose facsimile transmission or electronic mail delivery, or, if offered by the voter's county, internet delivery.(c) The clerk in each jurisdiction charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials shall transmit the ballot and balloting materials to the voter using the means of transmission chosen by the voter.(d) If a ballot application from a covered voter arrives after the county begins transmitting ballots and balloting materials to voters, the official charged with distributing ballots and balloting materials shall transmit them to the voter no later than two business days or as soon as allowable after the application, arrives.[Eff JUL 26 2020] (Auth: HRS § 11-4) (Imp: HRS § 15D-7, 15D-9)