HRS §16-46
How defective ballots are replaced and counted
Counting center workers must make a new ballot to replace each damaged or unreadable ballot. The new ballot cannot be counted until at least two official observers check it. The damaged ballots are kept separate, and the new ones are counted under election rules.
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The statute, as written — Counting defective ballots
Counting center employees shall prepare a new ballot to replace each defective ballot; provided that the replacement ballot may not be counted until reviewed by at least two official observers. The defective ballots shall be segregated and the replacement ballots counted pursuant to rules adopted by the chief election officer.
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