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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0061.000 2008-2010 " ~tY Oe ~I V Brenda J. Ford LI;~ Phone No.:„ _ (808) 326-5684 Council Member Fax No.: (808)'329j4786 District 7-Central Kona E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us 1000 DEC 22 OM V r f01 •Mr Y , l:IZ HAWAII COUNTY COUNCILOU1v7. County of Hawaii Kailua Trade Center 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96790 DATE: December 18, 2008 TO: J Yoshimoto, Chairman, and Members of the Hawaii County Council FROM: Brenda J. Ford ~ /"n Q Council Member 4 SUBJECT: Resolution requesting the Legislature of the State of Hawaii to Enact a Bill to Establish a Pilot Program for Vote by Mail for all Federal, State and County Primary, General, and Special Elections in the County of Hawaii, and to Make an Appropriation for this Pilot Program. Attached is a resolution for Vote By Mail Pilot Program in Hawaii County. I would like this matter waived from the Committee on Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations, and placed on the Council agenda for January 7, 2009 due to the need to get the packet to the Hawaii State Legislature expeditiously. I estimate one-hour discussion plus thirty-minute public testimonies. BJF/dkr Att. ~~es, aq-vq> Comm: No. Ref. To: W b VN777m- Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Ref. Dote Hawaii County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer rtv or y4. , Brenda J. Ford Phone No.: (808) 326-5684 Council Member Fax No.: (808) 329-4786 District 7-Central Kona E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us ~+t•oi•w~'MP HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai `i Kadua Trade Center 75-5706Hanama Place, Suite 109 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 9 DATE: December 23, 2008 FR C1 TO: J Yoshimoto, Chairman, U and Members of the Hawaii County Council 8 FROM: Brenda J. Fords Council Member SUBJECT: Vote By Mail Resolution Background Information To expedite discussion on the Vote By Mail resolution scheduled for the Council agenda for January 7, 2009, I would like to refer the Council Members to the Oregon State website to watch the video on Vote By Mail (httn://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/elections/index info.shtml; choose Vote By Mail video). The Oregon State Vote By Mail Procedures Manual is located on their website (http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/vbm/index.html) as well as a Brief History, Frequently Asked Questions, etc, BJF/dkr Att. Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawaii County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer ~1MTV Or Brenda J. Ford P Li %c Phone No.: (808) 326-5684 Council Member Fax No.: (808) 329-4786 District 7-Central Kona E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us +r~ o~'wi.? HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai `i m Kailua Trade Center %7) O 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109 Q t-_) r Tj Kailua-Kona, Hativai'i 96740 L- : J n DATE: December 18, 2008 TO: J Yoshimoto, Chairman, and Members of the Hawaii County Council co FROM: Brenda J. Ford f~t~Q,O`/ Council Member " SUBJECT: Resolution Requesting the Legislature of the State of Hawaii to Enact a Bill to Establish a Pilot Program for Vote by Mail for all Federal, State and County Primary, General, and Special Elections in the County of Hawaii, and to Make an Appropriation for this Pilot Program. Attached is a proposed bill (Exhibit A), Absentee Ballot Statistics (Exhibit B), and the current State of Oregon "Vote By Mail Procedures Manual" (Exhibit C) to be sent to the Hawaii State Legislature for Vote By Mail (VBM) Pilot Program in Hawaii County. I would like this communication and these associated exhibits to be placed with the VBM resolution on the Council agenda for January 7, 2009. In 2005, several Senate and House bills were produced at the State level to initiate a state-wide Vote By Mail program. All of these bills either died or were killed. My proposed bill (Exhibit A) was designed by using previous Senate Bill (SB) 642 as the basic state legislation for a Hawaii County VBM Pilot Program. SB 642 contained many of the issues that the Office of Elections and I decided needed to be addressed in State legislation for the VBM Pilot Program. I also extracted additional issues from the current State of Oregon "Vote By Mail Procedures Mannar' (Exhibit Q. In many instances, I took information verbatim from the manual. In other cases, I adapted the process to meet the needs of the County of Hawaii Office of Elections. In using information, quotes, and processes from any person or manual, I had previously received written permission from the Oregon Secretary of State, Bill Bradbury, to use his statements, the manual, or any other information from the Oregon State website whether verbatim or altered. Absentee Ballot Statistics (Exhibit B), was compiled from data located on the State of Hawaii `s Elections website and information provided by the County of Hawaii Office of Elections data on the 1988-2008 elections. BJF/dkr Att. Serving the Interests of the People of Our /slant/ Hawaii County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer J YOSHIMOTO ~Q••.`!+,~ GUY ENRIQUES Choir & Presiding Officer 1tiiS; BRENDA FORD KELLY GREENWELL PETE HOFFMANN DONALD IKEDA EMILY I. NAEOLE Vice Chair DENNISONISHI DOMINIC YAGONG HAWAI `I COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai 'i Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo. Hawaii 96720 DATE: December 18, 2008 TO: J. Yoshimoto, Council Chairman, and Members of the Hawai'i County Council RE: Resolution No. _29-09 : Requesting the Legislature of the State of Hawai'i to Enact a Bill to Establish a Pilot Program for Vote By Mail for all Federal, State, and County Primary, General, and Special Elections in the County of Hawai'i, and to make an appropriation for this Pilot Program. Pursuant to Section 2(g) of Rule 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Council of the County of Hawai'i, this written request is submitted with my approval that the above-referenced matter be waived from the Committee on Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations to the full Council for immediate action. In reviewing this matter, timely approval is crucial. It is therefore advantageous that approval is granted and the matter placed onto the next Council agenda for review. However, in the event this request is denied, for whatever reason, I understand the matter shall be referred to the Committee on Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations for placement on its future agenda. Sincerely, Brenda J. Ford, Chairman Committee on Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations Approved/Date/Waive to Council: Disapproved/Date/Refer to PWIRC: J Yoshimoto, Chairman J Yoshimoto, Chairman Hawai'i County Council Hawai'i County Council BJF/dkr Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawaii County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer