Chapter 11

§11-1 Definitions

§11-1.5 Office of Elections

§11-1.6 Chief Election Officer: Appointment, Term, and Rules

§11-2 Chief election officer; duties

§11-2.8 Publication of election notices

§11-3 What this chapter covers

§11-4 Election Rules

§11-5 Election Office Staff and Hiring

§11-6 Withdrawing a signature from a petition

§11-7 Elections Commission

§11-7.5 Duties of the elections commission

§11-8 What elections commission members can and cannot do in politics

§11-8.5 Elections review program

§11-9 Exemptions for the Elections Commission

§11-10 Candidates in public service announcements

§11-10.5 Statewide elections accessibility needs advisory committee

§11-10.6 County elections accessibility advisory committees

§11-11 Voter registration and voting eligibility

§11-12 Who can register to vote and where

§11-13 Rules for determining residency

§11-14 County voter list: who can use it

§11-14.5 Keeping your voter registration address and phone number private

§11-15 Voter registration application

§11-15.2 Same-day in-person registration

§11-15.3 Electronic voter registration

§11-15.5 Voter registration forms at state agencies

§11-15.7 Automatic voter registration with driver's license or ID card applications

§11-16 Voting by mail when you cannot register in person

§11-17 Removing and restoring voter registrations

§11-18 Updating your voter registration when you move within the same county

§11-19 Moving from one county to another

§11-20 Voter registration transfers and name changes

§11-21 Changing your name or voting address on election day

§11-22 Fixing mistakes in the voter registration list

§11-23 Updating the voter list when someone loses the right to vote

§11-24 Closing register

§11-25 How Voters Can Challenge Someone's Right to Vote

§11-26 Appealing a voter registration challenge or denial

§11-41 How voter registration boards are set up and run

§11-42 Pay for board of registration members

§11-43 Board powers for hearings and witness rules

§11-44 What registration boards must write in their records

§11-51 Appealing a board decision

§11-52 Hearing and final decision

§11-53 Court must tell election board about appeal decisions

§11-54 Voting rights while an appeal is pending

§11-61 What counts as a political party

§11-62 How a group becomes a political party

§11-63 Party rules and amendments must be filed

§11-64 File party officer names with election officials

§11-65 Party disqualification: decision and notice

§11-76 Pay for election officials on election day

§11-77 How political parties appoint election watchers

§11-91 Election proclamation: who issues it and what it must say

§11-92.1 Election proclamation; new precincts; voter service centers; boundary changes

§11-92.3 Postponing elections after natural disasters and combining precincts for special elections

§11-92.5 Minimum number of precincts

§11-96 Voting records are accepted as evidence

§11-97 What voter information is public and when ballots can be seen

§11-98 Standard forms and materials for elections

§11-99 Rules for electing members of Congress

§11-100 Ranked-choice voting: when it is used and how votes are counted

§11-101 All elections by mail starting in 2020

§11-102 How mail-in elections work for voters

§11-103 When clerks must tell the public about ballot mailings

§11-104 How to mark and return your ballot

§11-105 Replacement ballots

§11-106 Fixing problems with your return envelope

§11-107 Getting a ballot by email or fax when you need a replacement

§11-108 How mail-in ballots are counted and certified

§11-108.5 Mail-in ballots stay valid if voter becomes ineligible later

§11-109 Voter service centers and ballot drop-off places

§11-110 Who pays for and runs mail elections

§11-111 Official ballots and sample posters for voters

§11-112 What must be on the ballot and what can be added

§11-113 How presidential candidates get on Hawaii's ballot

§11-114 Order of offices on ballot

§11-115 How candidate names are arranged on the ballot

§11-115.5 Ballot names and legal names for candidates

§11-116 Checking ballot form by candidates and parties

§11-117 Withdrawing, disqualification, or death of a candidate

§11-118 Filling a party candidate vacancy on the ballot

§11-118.5 Ballot language and attorney general statement for proposed constitutional amendments

§11-119 Printing ballots; quantity

§11-121 Ballot images

§11-122 Digital voter information guide

§11-131 Voter service center hours

§11-132 200-foot no-campaign zone at voting places

§11-137 Ballot secrecy and removal

§11-138 Time allowed in the voting booth

§11-139 Voting assistance

§11-140 Spoiled ballots

§11-151 How votes are counted in each race or question

§11-152 How votes are counted

§11-153 More or fewer ballots than recorded

§11-154 Keeping and destroying ballots after an election

§11-155 Certifying and releasing election results

§11-156 Election certificates: who gets them and when

§11-157 Tie vote in an election

§11-158 When a vote recount is required and how it works

§11-171 When this part applies

§11-172 Election contests for cause

§11-173.5 Contesting a primary or special primary election

§11-174.5 Election contests for cause

§11-175 Supreme court powers and costs

§11-182 Who pays for state election costs in counties

§11-183 County election costs when no state offices are on the ballot

§11-301 Why this law exists: campaign finance transparency

§11-302 Definitions for campaign finance rules

§11-303 Fake media about candidates in elections

§11-304 Fake media: civil lawsuits and court orders

§11-311 Campaign spending commission

§11-313 No compensation

§11-314 What the election commission must do

§11-315 Advisory opinions

§11-316 Political activities prohibited

§11-317 Exemptions for the Commission

§11-321 Registering a candidate or noncandidate committee

§11-322 Candidate committee organizational report

§11-323 What a noncandidate committee must include in its organizational report

§11-324 Treasurer

§11-325 When a person cannot be a committee officer

§11-326 Ending a committee's registration

§11-327 Rules for ballot issue committees on money and ending

§11-331 Filing reports, generally

§11-333 Candidate committee reports

§11-334 When candidate committees must file campaign reports

§11-335 What noncandidate committees must report and how

§11-336 When noncandidate committees must file reports

§11-337 When campaign spending counts

§11-338 Late contribution and late expenditure reports

§11-339 Small campaign committees file fewer reports

§11-340 Fines for missing or bad campaign finance reports

§11-341 Reporting rules for election ads and communications

§11-342 Fundraisers: Notice and Ban During Legislative Sessions

§11-343 Reporting deadline

§11-344 No selling or using campaign reports for soliciting or business

§11-345 Donor consent and notice for nonprofit noncandidate committees

§11-351 Rules for handling campaign money

§11-352 False name contributions prohibited

§11-353 No anonymous donations to campaigns

§11-354 Fundraising on state or county property prohibited

§11-355 Contractors cannot give or ask for political donations

§11-356 Foreign nationals and foreign corporations cannot give campaign money

§11-357 Campaign contribution limits

§11-358 Limit on donations to noncandidate committees

§11-359 Family contributions

§11-360 Contributions to a party

§11-361 Counting contributions and spending together

§11-362 Limit on out-of-state campaign donations

§11-363 When other people's spending counts as a candidate's contribution

§11-364 Returning extra campaign contributions and what happens if you don't

§11-365 Lobbyists cannot give money during legislative sessions

§11-366 Rules for disaster-related campaign fundraising

§11-371 Loans to a candidate committee

§11-372 Reporting loans and written loan agreements

§11-381 What campaign money can be used for

§11-382 What campaign money cannot be used for

§11-383 Exceptions to campaign support limits

§11-384 What happens to leftover campaign money

§11-391 Political Ads: Labels and Truthfulness

§11-392 House bulletins are exempt from campaign spending rules

§11-393 Naming the biggest donors in political ads

§11-401 Subpoena powers

§11-402 Filing a complaint

§11-403 Notice of complaint; opportunity to explain or respond

§11-404 What the commission does first with a complaint

§11-405 Commission decides if there is probable cause

§11-406 Waiver of further proceedings

§11-407 How contested case hearings are run

§11-408 Dismissal of a complaint

§11-409 Final decision on a violation; what the commission can order

§11-410 Fines for breaking campaign rules and how they are enforced

§11-411 Criminal referral

§11-412 Criminal prosecution

§11-421 Hawaii election campaign fund; creation

§11-422 When the campaign fund runs low

§11-423 Voluntary spending limits for candidates

§11-425 How much public money a candidate can get

§11-426 What happens if a candidate goes over the spending limit

§11-427 Reserving use of contributions

§11-428 Rules for getting public campaign funds

§11-429 Minimum qualifying contributions for public campaign funds

§11-430 Applying for public campaign funds

§11-431 Payment to candidate

§11-432 Rules for using public campaign funds

§11-433 Candidates must report how they spent public campaign funds

§11-434 Post-election audit and return of public funds

§11-435 Annual report on campaign spending and fund status