URGENT CALL TO ACTION
TO KEEP CLEAN ELECTIONS ALIVE
HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO:
CALL HOUSE JUDICIARY
CHAIR DAVID TARNAS
AND EVERY COMMITTEE MEMBER WHO
VOTED TO KILL SB2381
Tell them to bring it back, fix it and PASS IT.
(See phone number list below.)
Interested in details? Read
SUNDAY’S CIVIL BEAT ARTICLE
On March 14 the House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs voted down SB2381 which would have made possible public financing of candidates in state and county elections.
A recent poll shows that 78% of Hawaii voters believe that legislators are beholden to their donors and this influences their votes. 66% believe elected officials care more about “wealthy donors” than the “needs of their communities”. 71% support a “Clean Elections” publicly-funded elections program as a way to overcome the influence of big money in elections. [SurveyUSA, Feb. 27-March 6, 2024]. The Legislature needs to listen to its constituents.
1. CALL/E-MAIL House Judiciary Chair David Tarnas and EVERY member of the House Judiciary Committee prior to Wednesday, March 20th. Tell them to bring back SB2381 to address whatever issues exist and PASS IT.
David Tarnas (Chair) 808-586-8510 reptarnas@capitol.hawaii.gov
Gregg Takayama (VC) 808-586-6340 reptakayama@capitol.hawaii.gov
Luke Evslin 808-586-6270 repevslin@capitol.hawaii.gov
Sonny Ganaden 808-586-6010 repganaden@capitol.hawaii.gov
Daniel Holt 808-586-6180 repholt@capitol.hawaii.gov
Linda Ichiyama 808-586-6220 repichiyama@capitol.hawaii.gov
Greggor Ilagan 808-586-6530 repilagan@capitol.hawaii.gov
Sam Satoru Kong 808-586-8455 repkong@capitol.hawaii.gov
Tyson Miyake 808-586-9444 repmiyake@capitol.hawaii.gov
Kanani Souza 808-586-8465 repsouza@capitol.hawaii.gov
Speaker of the House Representative Scott Saiki is not on the Committee but to a great extent, controls its outcome – 808-586-6100 repsaiki@capitol.hawaii.gov
Action Alert for Healthcare: Your Testimony Needed by Tuesday March 19th 1PM
Action Alert for Healthcare: Your testimony needed by Tuesday, March 19 at 1:00 pm
Please simply submit testimony in “Support” – or personalize if you have more time.
HB1675
Exempts medical services provided by licensed physicians and advanced practice registered nurses acting in the capacity of primary care providers from the general excise tax. Click here for a sample testimony.
HB2544 HD1
Establishes within the Department of Health a 2-year pilot project to charter flights from rural islands to an urban island to provide rural island residents with reliable transportation to medical care on urban islands.
There are also other important bills in this hearing you may want to consider supporting!
For more information, contact Doris at northhawaii@indivisiblehawaii.org .