The duties of the elections commission are to:

(1) Hold public hearings;

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-7.5

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(2) Investigate and hold hearings for receiving evidence of any violations and complaints;
(3) Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91;
(4) Employ, without regard to chapter 76, a full-time chief election officer, pursuant to section 11-1.6;
(5) Conduct a performance evaluation of the chief election officer within two months after the date a general election is certified;
(6) Hold a public hearing on the performance of the chief election officer and consider the information gathered at the hearing in deliberations on the chief election officer’s reappointment; and
(7) Advise the chief election officer on matters relating to elections.

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