Hawaii Revised Statutes

Haw. Rev. Stat. § 11-14 (2026)

General county register; restrictions in use

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§11-14 General county register; restrictions in use. (a) The clerk of each county shall register all the voters in the clerk's county in the general county register. The register shall contain the name and address of each voter unless the voter's address is deemed confidential pursuant to section 11‑14.5. Additional information required by section 11-15 may be included in the register at the discretion of the clerk. The general county register shall be available for election or government purposes only in accordance with section 11-97.

(b) The affidavits filed under section 11-15 and the general county register may be copied, and the clerk may release voter lists or data; provided that information furnished in the affidavits shall be copied or released for election or government purposes only in accordance with section 11-97.

(c) Voter registration information that is collected and maintained by the clerk of each county may be transmitted to a central file for the purpose of correlating registration data to prevent or detect duplicate voter registrations and for the compilation of election reports.

(d) Unless authorized under section 11-97, it shall be unlawful for any person to use, print, publish, or distribute any voter registration information acquired directly or indirectly from the voter registration affidavits or any list prepared therefrom. Any person who is designated by the clerk to register voters and collect voter registration affidavits shall be advised of the provisions of this subsection. Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §1(e); am L 1976, c 106, §1(3); am L 1977, c 189, §1(2); am L 1979, c 139, §2; am L 1982, c 226, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 1990, c 156, §5; am L 1998, c 23, §1; am L 2005, c 201, §2; am L 2012, c 225, §2]

Cross References

Government records, see chapter 92F.

Records open to inspection, see §11-97.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1996–2026 · leading case: Yoshimura v. Kaneshiro., 481 P.3d 28 (Haw. 2021).

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Yoshimura v. Kaneshiro., 481 P.3d 28 (Haw. 2021). · cites it 4× “He argues the City Clerk is responsible under section 3-301 (2017) of the Revised Charter and HRS § 11-14 (2008 & Supp. 2012) for reviewing and certifying impeachment petitions.”

Tseu Ex Rel. Hobbs v. Jeyte, 962 P.2d 344 (Haw. 1998). “Appellants subsequently raised State of Hawai'i Department of Health regulation HAR § 11-14- *92 5(e)(6) governing access to bathrooms in support of their counterclaim.”

Donrey Media Grp. v. Ikeda, 959 F. Supp. 1280 (D. Haw. 1996). “The County Clerk refused the Tribune-Herald’s request for access to voter registration records on the ground that the Tribune-Herald is not qualified to view the records under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 11-14.6. Prior to a 1990 amendment to this statute, voter registration…”

Pub. Interest Legal Found., Inc. v. Nago (9th Cir. 2026). “§ 3-177-160 (c); Haw. Rev. Stat. § 11-14 (b). And Nago’s office never ordered the counties to produce any information, nor would the counties have had the obligation to obey such an order.”

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