(a) Voter service centers shall be established by the clerks to service the particular needs of each county‘s voters.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-109

  • Ballot: includes :

    (1) A ballot summary reflecting a complete record of the ballot selections made by a voter utilizing an HTML ballot or similar accessible ballot that produces a ballot summary;

    (2) A voter verifiable paper audit trail in the event there is a discrepancy between a voting machine's electronic record of the voted ballot and the voter verifiable paper audit trail; and

    (3) A ballot used in an election by mail pursuant to part VIIA, including a ballot approved for electronic transmission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1

  • Business day: means any day excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state or federal holidays. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Closing hour of voting: means 7:00 p. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Provisional ballot: means a ballot and any accompanying materials issued to a voter that are segregated for review and subsequent determination of validity, in accordance with eligibility criteria and other requirements of law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1
  • Voter service center: means a location within the county of the voter's registration address established pursuant to section 11-109 to serve all of the following purposes:

    (1) Receive return envelopes for absentee ballots pursuant to chapter 15;

    (2) Receive return identification envelopes in an election by mail conducted pursuant to part VIIA;

    (3) Provide voting machine services for persons with disabilities pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, P. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1

(b) In each county, a voter service center shall be open from the tenth business day preceding the day of the election during regular business hours until the closing hour of voting and at the same times statewide. The clerks may operate additional voter service centers with varying days or hours of operation to service the voters of particular areas that otherwise could not support the operation of a voter service center for ten business days or the same times statewide. Anyone standing in line at a voter service center at the closing hour of voting with the intent of voting shall be permitted to do so. A person eligible to vote but who is not registered to vote standing in line at a voter service center at the closing hour of voting shall be permitted to apply under section 11-15.2 to register to vote and subsequently vote that election day. To the extent the registration clerk determines the applicant to be registered at that time, the applicant will be permitted to vote a regular ballot. If additional time is required to process the application, the applicant shall be provided a provisional ballot.
(c) Each voter service center shall provide the services specified in § 11-1 under the definition of “voter service center”.
(d) The clerks may designate and provide for places of deposit to be open as early as the mailing of ballots by the clerks; provided that the locations and apparatus for receiving voted ballots can be securely maintained during the period of use for each election, and as may be permitted by the operational hours.

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