(a) If the chief election officer and clerk of a county affected as a result of a natural disaster determine that the opening of a designated voter service center will adversely affect the health and safety of voters or voter service center officials, the chief election officer and county clerk, by written order, may require the registered voters of any precinct to vote by mail as provided in part VIIA of chapter 11.
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 15-2.5

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Precinct: means the smallest political subdivision established by 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) Within thirty days after the issuance of such an order, the chief election officer and county clerk shall notify all registered voters in the affected precinct of the issuance of the order.
(c) The chief election officer shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to implement this section.

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