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Page 7 <br />.B. NO. <br />refusal to receive ballots after 6:00 p.m. on the day of the election or tally the ballots <br />may only be suspended with prior approval of the chief elections officer in an <br />emergency situation; <br />(3) It is received in the return identification envelope; <br />(4) The return identification envelope is signed by the voter to whom the ballot is issued <br />and verified according to the procedures provided by the rules adopted by the chief <br />election officer pursuant to chapter 91. A faxed or emailed signature shall not be <br />accepted for an unsigned return identification envelope; and <br />(5) The signature of the voter is verified pursuant to section _ - 8. <br />-11 Contests for cause. (a) A contest for cause may be filed with respect to any election per <br />HRS section 11 -172. <br />(b) Contests for cause in primary, special primary elections, and county elections shall follow <br />procedures described in HRS section 11- 173.5. <br />(c) Contests for cause in general, special general, special, and runoff elections shall follow <br />procedures described in HRS section 11- 174.5. <br />-12 Certification of the election. Pursuant to HRS section 11 -155, 11- 173.5, and 11- 174.5, <br />certification of the election by the county clerk shall occur after the expiration of the time for <br />bringing an election contest or the resolution of such an election contest. In the County of <br />Hawai`i, certification of an election shall occur within ten (10) days after the later of either of the <br />two aforementioned events. <br />-13 Elections Fraud and Voter Fraud (a) Elections fraud as described in HRS section 19 -3, <br />Election Frauds is prosecutable as a class C felony. <br />(b) Voter fraud as described in HRS section 19 -3.5 is a class C felony." <br />SECTION 3. Section 11 -91.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding <br />subsection (e) to read as follows: <br />" §11 -91.5 Federal, state, and county elections by mail. <br />(a) Any federal, state, or county election held other than on the date of a regularly <br />scheduled primary or general election may be conducted by mail. <br />(b) The chief election officer shall determine whether a federal or state election, other <br />than a regularly scheduled primary or general election, may be conducted by mail or at polling <br />places. <br />Bill for an ACT Re Voting <br />