Opinion Letter Summary

Opinion Letter No. 90-22
June 21, 1990
Computer Tapes Containing Voter Registration Data

While section 11-14(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, provides that the clerk may release computer tapes
containing voter registration data, we do not believe that this provision was intended to give the clerk
discretion to withhold access to the computer tapes, since voter registration affidavits are specifically
made public under chapter 11, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Thus, it does not appear that this statute was intended to give the counties the authority to pass ordinances that restrict access to the tapes to certain organizations or for particular purposes.

NOTE: This Opinion has been substantially affected by SECTION 5 of Act 156, Session Laws, 1990. See OIP Op. Ltr. No 04-08 (Apr. 2, 2004).

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