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HRS §14-25.5

Replacing electors and updating election certificates

After the state's electors vote, if the final list of electors is different from what the governor previously certified, the chief election officer must quickly prepare an updated certificate and get the governor to sign it. The governor must send the signed update to the election officer and to everyone who got the original. The electors sign a certificate of vote, which is sent with the updated certificate.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Elector replacement; associated certificates

(a) After the vote of the State's electors is completed, if the final list of electors differs from any list that the governor previously included on a certificate of ascertainment prepared and transmitted under title 3 United States Code section 6, the chief election officer shall immediately prepare an amended certificate of ascertainment and transmit it to the governor for the governor's signature. (b) The governor shall immediately deliver the signed amended certificate of ascertainment to the chief election officer and a signed duplicate original of the amended certificate of ascertainment to all individuals entitled to receive the State's certificate of ascertainment, indicating that the amended certificate of ascertainment is to be substituted for the certificate of ascertainment previously submitted. (c) The chief election officer shall prepare a certificate of vote. The electors on the final list shall sign the certificate of vote. The chief election officer shall process and transmit the signed certificate of vote with the amended certificate of ascertainment under title 3 United States Code sections 9, 10, and 11.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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