; invalid vote.

(a) At the time designated for elector voting and after all vacant positions have been filled under section 14-27, the chief election officer shall provide each elector with a presidential and a vice-presidential ballot. The elector shall mark the elector’s presidential and vice-presidential ballots with the elector’s votes for the offices of president and vice president, respectively, along with the elector’s signature and the elector’s legibly printed name.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 14-28

  • 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

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, each elector shall present both completed ballots to the chief election officer, who shall examine the ballots and accept as cast all ballots of electors whose votes are consistent with their pledges executed under section 14-21(b) or 14-27(c). Except as otherwise provided by law, the chief election officer shall not accept and shall not count either an elector’s presidential or vice-presidential ballot if the elector has failed to mark both ballots or has marked a ballot in violation of the elector’s pledge.
(c) An elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of the elector’s pledge executed under section 14-21(b) or 14-27(c) shall vacate the office of elector, creating a vacant position to be filled pursuant to section 14-27.
(d) The chief election officer shall distribute ballots to and collect ballots from a substitute elector and repeat the process under this section of examining ballots, declaring and filling vacant positions as required, and recording appropriately completed ballots from the substituted electors, until all of the State’s electoral votes have been cast and recorded.

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