Chapter 11 — [Old]

§11-176 REPEALED. L 1973, c 217, §1(ddd).

§11-18 Transfer of registration on removal from one precinct to another in same county. A registered voter who changes residence from one precinct to another prior to any election shall notify the clerk and change the registration to the proper precinct by the appropriate registr…

PART XII. EXPENSES A. Election Expenses §11-181 REPEALED. L 2021, c 213, §46.

§11-182 Election expenses when no county elections. All expenses, including expenses attributable to registration of voters by the county clerk, for state elections conducted in any county which do not involve elections for county offices shall be borne by the State and paid out …

§11-183 Election expenses when no state elections. All expenses for county elections which do not involve state offices shall be borne by the county and paid out of such appropriations as may be made by the council for election purposes. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2]

§11-184 REPEALED. L 2019, c 136, §53.

§11-19 Registration from one county to another. Whenever a registered voter changes residence from one county to another, the person shall notify the clerk and change the registration to the proper county by the appropriate registration deadline; provided that no change of regist…

B. Election Campaign Contributions and Expenditures--Repealed §§11-191 to 11-213 [OLD] REPEALED. L 1979, c 224. §§11-191 to 11-225 REPEALED. L 2010, c 211, §9.

§11-2 Chief election officer; duties. (a) The chief election officer shall supervise all state elections. The chief election officer may delegate responsibilities in state elections within a county to the clerk of that county or to other specified persons. (b) The chief election …

§§11-2.5 to 2.7 REPEALED. L 2004, c 57, §§10 to 12.

§11-20 Transfers; name changes; initiated by clerk. (a) The clerks shall use all reliable and pertinent information to keep the general register up to date. The county clerks may request information from, but are not limited to, the following sources: In requesting the informatio…

§11-21 Change of name, transfer on election day. (a) The clerk may designate a registration clerk, who may be an election official, at a voter service center in the county on the day of the election. (b) These registration clerks shall take applications for change of name from vo…

§11-22 Changing register; correction of errors. (a) The clerk shall correct the register if at any time it shall be manifest to the clerk that the name of a person registered has been accidentally misspelled, or that the person has been misnamed therein, or that the person has be…

§11-226 REPEALED. L 2010, c 59, §2 and c 211, §9.

§§11-227 to 11-229 REPEALED. L 2010, c 211, §9.

§11-23 Changing register; striking names of disqualified voters. Whenever the clerk receives from the department of health or any informing agency, information of the death, loss of voting rights of a person sentenced for a felony as provided in section 831-2, adjudication as an …

§11-24 Closing register. (a) At 4:30 p.m. on the tenth day before each election, but if the day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday then at 4:30 p.m. on the first working day immediately thereafter, the general county register shall be closed to registration for persons seeking to …

§11-25 Challenge by voters; grounds; procedure. (a) Any registered voter may challenge the right of a person to be or to remain registered as a voter in any precinct for any cause not previously decided by the board of registration or the supreme court in respect to the same pers…

§11-26 Appeal from ruling on challenge; or failure of clerk to act. (a) In cases where the clerk, or voter service center officials, rules on a challenge on election day, the person ruled against may appeal from the ruling to the board of registration of the person's county for r…

§11-302 Definitions. When used in this part: "Advertisement" means any communication, excluding sundry items such as bumper stickers, that: "Ballot issue committee" means a noncandidate committee that has the exclusive purpose of making or receiving contributions, making expendit…

§11-322 Organizational report, candidate committee. (a) The candidate committee organizational report shall include: (b) Any change in information previously reported in the organizational report shall be electronically filed with the commission within ten days of the change bein…

§11-323 Organizational report, noncandidate committee. (a) The noncandidate committee organizational report shall include: (b) Any change in information previously reported in the organizational report shall be electronically filed with the commission within ten days of the chang…

§11-335 Noncandidate committee reports. (a) The authorized person in the case of a party, or treasurer in the case of a noncandidate committee that is not a party, shall file preliminary, final, and supplemental reports that disclose the following information: (b) Schedules filed…

§11-337 Reporting expenditures. (a) For purposes of this part, an expenditure is deemed to be made or incurred when the services are rendered or the product is delivered. Services rendered or products delivered for use during a reporting period are deemed delivered or rendered du…

§11-338 Late contributions; late expenditures; report. (a) The candidate, authorized person in the case of a noncandidate committee that is a party, or treasurer in the case of a candidate committee or other noncandidate committee, that, within the period of fourteen calendar day…

§11-341 Electioneering communications; statement of information. (a) Each person who makes an expenditure for electioneering communications in an aggregate amount of more than $1,000 during any calendar year shall file with the commission a statement of information within twenty-…

§11-365 Contributions and expenditures by lobbyists prohibited during legislative session. (a) During any regular session or special session of the legislature, including any extension of any regular session or special session and any legislative recess days, holidays, and weeken…

§11-393 Identification of certain top contributors to noncandidate committees making only independent expenditures. (a) An advertisement shall contain an additional notice in a prominent location immediately after or below the notices required by section 11-391, if the advertisem…

§11-4 Rules. The chief election officer may make, amend, and repeal rules governing elections held under this title, election procedures, and the selection, establishment, use, and operation of all voting systems now in use or to be adopted in the State, and all other similar mat…

PART III. BOARDS OF REGISTRATION §11-41 Boards of registration, appointment, tenure. (a) There shall be four boards of registration: one for the island of Hawaii; one for the islands of Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Kahoolawe; one for the island of Oahu; and one for the islands of Ka…

§11-411 Criminal referral. In addition to an administrative determination that a violation of this part has been committed, the commission may refer the complaint to the attorney general or county prosecutor at any time the commission believes the respondent may have recklessly, …

§11-42 Compensation. Members of the boards of registration shall be compensated pursuant to a schedule established by the chief election officer. The schedule shall be contained in rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 133, §1; am L 1987, c 2…

§11-43 Powers; procedures. (a) Each board of registration is given all of the powers and authority for the summoning and examining of witnesses and the maintenance of order, including the power to punish for contempt and award witness fees in accordance with section 621-7, by law…

§11-44 Records of proceedings. The several boards of registration shall each keep books of record in which full and detailed minutes shall be preserved of all their proceedings. The minutes shall be kept from day to day, and shall contain:

§11-5 Employees. (a) Pursuant to section 11-1.55, the chief election officer may employ a staff with or without regard to chapter 76 at the discretion of the chief election officer, and without regard to chapter 89 and section 28-8.3. The office of elections staff may: The chief …

PART IV. APPEAL FROM BOARD OF REGISTRATION §11-51 Appeal from board. Any affected person, political party, or any of the county clerks, may appeal to the intermediate appellate court, subject to chapter 602, in the manner provided for civil appeals from the circuit court; provide…

§11-52 Hearing; decision final. When the appeal is perfected, the court shall hear the appeal as soon thereafter as may be reasonable. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 2004, c 202, §2; am L 2006, c 94, §1; am L 2010, c 109, §1]

§11-53 Decision, notice; action on. Immediately upon rendering a final decision upon any appeal, the court shall notify the board of registration from which the appeal was taken; and if the decision reverses the decision of the board, the board shall immediately order the registe…

§11-54 Status pending appeal. In case of an appeal from a decision of any board of registration the name of the person shall be placed or remain upon the register pending the decision of the appellate courts concerning the same. If the person so registered votes at any election b…

§11-6 Petitions; withdrawal of signatures. Wherever in this chapter the signatures of registered voters are required on a petition, any voter who, after signing a petition, seeks to withdraw the voter's signature may do so by providing notice in writing to the chief election offi…

PART V. PARTIES §11-61 "Political party" defined. (a) The term "political party" means any party which has qualified as a political party under sections 11-62 and 11-64 and has not been disqualified by this section. A political party shall be an association of voters united for t…

§11-62 Qualification of political parties; petition. (a) Any group of persons hereafter desiring to qualify as a political party for election ballot purposes in the State shall file with the chief election officer a petition as provided in this section. The petition for qualifica…

§11-63 Party rules, amendments to be filed. All parties must file their rules with the chief election officer not later than 4:30 p.m. on the one hundred seventieth day prior to the next primary. All amendments shall be filed with the chief election officer not later than 4:30 p.…

§11-64 Names of party officers to be filed. All parties shall submit to the chief election officer and the respective county clerks not later than 4:30 p.m. on the one hundred seventieth day prior to the next primary, a list of names and addresses of officers of the central commi…

§11-65 Determination of party disqualification; notice of disqualification. (a) Not later than 4:30 p.m. on the one hundred twentieth day after a general election, the chief election officer shall determine which parties were qualified to participate in the last general election,…

§11-7.5 Duties of the elections commission. The duties of the elections commission are to:

PART VI. VOTER SERVICE CENTER WATCHERS §§11-71 to 11-75 REPEALED. L 2019, c 136, §§38 to 42.

§11-76 Compensation. Election officials under the supervision and control of the office of elections on election day shall be compensated pursuant to a schedule established by the chief election officer. The schedule shall be contained in rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91. [L …

§11-77 Appointment of watchers; service. (a) Each qualified political party shall be entitled to appoint no more than one watcher who may be present at any time at a voter service center. Each party shall submit its list of watchers no later than 4:30 p.m. on the twentieth day be…

PART VII. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS §11-91 Proclamation. (a) No later than 4:30 p.m. on the tenth day before the close of filing in elections involving state offices, the chief election officer shall issue an election proclamation. In elections involving only county offices the clerk …