Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 11-12 (2026)

  Age; place of registering

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     §11-12  Age; place of registering.  (a)  Every person who has reached the age of eighteen years or who is seventeen years of age and will be eighteen years of age by the date of the next election, and is otherwise qualified to register may do so for that election.  The person shall then be listed upon the appropriate county general register and precinct list.  No person shall register or vote in any other precinct than that in which the person resides except as provided in section 11-21.

     (b)  A person who is otherwise qualified to register and is at least sixteen years of age but will not be eighteen years of age by the date of the next election may preregister upon satisfactory proof of age and shall be automatically registered upon reaching age eighteen. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1972, c 77, §1; am L 1973, c 217, §1(d); am L 1976, c 106, §1(2); am L 1980, c 264, §1(b); gen ch 1985; am L 1993, c 24, §1]

 

Case Notes

 

  Cited:  133 H. 229 (App.), 325 P.3d 641 (2014).

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1986–2018 · leading case: Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005). · cites it 2× “II, § 1; Haw. Rev. Stat. § 11-12 (1995) Idaho 18 Idaho Code § 34-402 (Michie 2001) Illinois 18 Ill.”
Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). · cites it 2× “Haw. Rev. Stat. § 11-12 (1985) Idaho Idaho Code § 34-402 (Supp.”
Green Party of Hawaii v. Nago., 378 P.3d 944 (Haw. 2016). · cites it 4× “he State was entitled to judgment as a matter of law based on the following arguments: Green Party failed to state a claim for relief; the methodology for determining the number of ballots to be printed and procedure for requesting additional ballots were aspects of organization…”
Dupree v. Hiraga, 219 P.3d 1084 (Haw. 2009). · cites it 2× “” HRS § 11-12 (1993) provides that a person may not register to vote in a precinct other than that in which he or she resides.”
Green Party of Hawaii v. Nago, 365 P.3d 987 (Haw. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “The procedure is clearly directed only at election workers; it was aimed at ensuring that all votes entitled to be counted were in fact counted and that no votes were counted in violation of HRS § 11-12 (2009); 13 it did not purport to regulate public conduct; and it ensured…”
Baker v. Galuteria, 413 P.3d 372 (Haw. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “]" 5 HRS § 11-13 (2009) sets forth the rules for the determination of a person's residency, as follows: § 11-13 Rules for determining residency .”
State v. Albano, 722 P.2d 453 (Haw. 1986). “Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 11-12 (Supp. 1984) does not permit a person to register and vote in a representative district other than that in which he resides.”
— Haw. Rev. Stat. § 11-12(a) — 1 case
Baker v. Galuteria, 413 P.3d 372 (Haw. App. 2018). “]" 5 HRS § 11-13 (2009) sets forth the rules for the determination of a person's residency, as follows: § 11-13 Rules for determining residency .”
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