Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 15-3

  • Absentee ballot: means a ballot as defined in § 11-1 used in absentee voting. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 15-1
  • 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

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

If ineligible to qualify as a voter in the state to which the voter has moved, any former registered voter of Hawaii may vote an absentee ballot in any presidential election occurring within twenty-four months after leaving Hawaii by requesting an application form and returning it properly executed to the county of the voter’s prior Hawaii residence. When requesting an application form for an absentee ballot, the applicant shall specify the applicant’s eligibility for only the presidential ballot, and the fact of applicant’s ineligibility to vote at the applicant’s new place of residence verified by the voter registrar or the registrar’s authorized representative in the jurisdiction of the applicant’s new residence. The application must be received in sufficient time for ballots to be mailed and returned prior to any presidential election at which the applicant wishes to vote. All required information pursuant to the rules promulgated by the chief election officer shall be completed in full.