(a) A covered voter who is registered to vote in this State may apply for a military-overseas ballot using the absentee ballot application prescribed in § 15-4, the federal postcard application, or the application’s electronic equivalent, as appropriate.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 15D-7

  • 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

  • Electronic transmission: means the transmission of a blank or voted ballot by facsimile or electronic mail delivery, or the use of an online absentee ballot delivery and return system, which may include the ability to mark the ballot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
(b) A covered voter who is not registered to vote in this State may use a federal postcard application or the application’s electronic equivalent to apply simultaneously to register to vote under § 15D-6 and for a military-overseas ballot.
(c) The chief election officer shall ensure that the electronic transmission system described in section 15D-4(b) is capable of accepting the submission of both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic military-overseas ballot application sent to the appropriate election official. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to apply for a military-overseas ballot.
(d) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying the federal write-in absentee ballot as an application for a military-overseas ballot simultaneously upon its submission if it is received by the appropriate election official by the deadline prescribed under § 15-4.

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