Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES
Office of Elections
Chapter 177 - RULES OF THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS
Subchapter 16 - VOTE DISPOSITION
Section 3-177-753 - Electronic voting systems, transmission, receipt, and tabulation of votes
Current through February, 2024
(a) The transmission or receipt of vote data, including but not limited to votes, vote tabulation, or similar information shall be permitted between locations authorized by the chief election officer or clerk in the case of county elections. Election results, accumulated from said transmissions, may be distributed to the general public while awaiting receipt of the ballots, vote data storage media, or other materials associated with the transmissions and the completion of any procedures intended to verify the proper transmission and accumulation of data.
(b) "Vote data storage media" is the means of storing vote data such as a PCMCIA card or other device that may be secured in the voting equipment or any part of the overall voting system.
(c) The following requirements shall be employed when transmitting election data electronically:
(c) Any election results transmitted by modem shall be considered "uncertified" unless transmitted via a virtual private network or until compiled directly from the source media.
(d) In elections where voting results are tabulated at multiple locations and accumulated at a central location, election results tabulated and produced at the distributed counting center locations shall be considered the source of election results for verification purposes.