(a) Except as otherwise provided, any voter who requires assistance may be given assistance by a person of the voter’s choice. A person with disabilities may be provided assistance at a voter service center pursuant to any state or federal law relating to persons with disabilities. The voter’s employer or agent of that employer, agent of the voter’s labor union, or a candidate for any office that is listed on the ballot shall not provide assistance. Written or oral instructions delivered via telephone, electronic means, or mail shall not be deemed assistance prohibited by this section; provided that the voter’s employer or agent of that employer, agent of the voter’s labor union, or a candidate for any office listed on the ballot is not physically present with the voter when the instructions are delivered.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-139

  • Ballot: includes :

    (1) A ballot summary reflecting a complete record of the ballot selections made by a voter utilizing an HTML ballot or similar accessible ballot that produces a ballot summary;

    (2) A voter verifiable paper audit trail in the event there is a discrepancy between a voting machine's electronic record of the voted ballot and the voter verifiable paper audit trail; and

    (3) A ballot used in an election by mail pursuant to part VIIA, including a ballot approved for electronic transmission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Voter service center: means a location within the county of the voter's registration address established pursuant to section 11-109 to serve all of the following purposes:

    (1) Receive return envelopes for absentee ballots pursuant to chapter 15;

    (2) Receive return identification envelopes in an election by mail conducted pursuant to part VIIA;

    (3) Provide voting machine services for persons with disabilities pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, P. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1

(b) Violation of this section by an employer or agent of that employer, agent of the voter’s labor union, or a candidate shall constitute election fraud as provided under § 19-3.

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