The absentee ballot of any voter who was eligible to vote at the time the ballot was cast shall not be deemed invalid solely because the voter became ineligible to vote, including by death of the voter, after casting the ballot. For the purposes of this section, “cast” means that the voter has:

(1) Deposited the absentee ballot in the mail for ballots mailed in accordance with section 15-9;
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 15-13.5

  • Absentee ballot: means a ballot as defined in § 11-1 used in absentee voting. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 15-1
  • 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

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
(2) Delivered the absentee ballot to the appropriate county clerk or polling place in accordance with section 15-9; or
(3) Completed voting in person at an absentee polling place.

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