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(h) Vote By Mail is cost effective because there is a reduced number of precinct officials, less training of precinct officials and captains, and lower lease costs for expensive electronic equipment. The purpose of this Act is to establish a Vote By Mail pilot program in the County of Hawai`i to be utilized as the exclusive means of casting a ballot for a federal, state, and county primary, general, or special election. SECTION 2. The Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended by adding a new chapter to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§ Vote By Mail -1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "Ballot" shall have the same meaning as defined in HRS section 11 -1. "Ballot package" means a non - forwardable, mailed package containing: an official ballot, a return identification envelope, a secrecy envelope, a Voters' Pamphlet, instructions on Vote 13y Mail and any other information that the county office of elections official deems appropriate. "Chief election officer" means the individual defined in HRS section 11 -1. "County" shall have the same meaning as defined in HRS section 11 -1. "Dropsite" means a location where a ballot may be returned in person without postage. "Election" shall have the same meaning as defined in HRS section 11 -1. "Official observer" means an individual designated by the chief elections officer of the state or the county clerk to observe the election process in the counting center. "Vote By Mail" means an election conducted exclusively by mail. "Voter" shall have the same meaning as defined in HRS section 11 -1. "Voters' Pamphlet" means a printed insert provided by the county clerk that contains a concise, impartial explanation of each question or ballot measure and its major effects and a single, concise pro and con statement of less than 250 words each. Candidates for elected office are not included in the Voters' Pamphlet. -2 Vote By Mail; determination. (a) A Vote By Mail election shall be conducted by the chief election officer as a pilot project for all federal, state, and county primary, general and special elections based on the State of Oregon Vote By Mail program for the County of Hawaii as the exclusive method for casting ballots in the County of Hawaii beginning with the 2010 Primary election and all other elections in the year 2010, all elections in 2012, and continuing through all elections including the General Election in 2014. (b) The chief election officer shall provide notice pursuant to HRS section 1 -28.5 no later than sixty days before the election in two daily newspapers in the County of Hawaii, that a vote By mail election shall be conducted and the only precincts open on the day of the election shall be the multiple county offices of elections sites. There shall be a dropsite at all of the county office of elections and a minimum of additional dropsites throughout the 2