1. United States
2. Hawaii
3. Letter

Hawaii needs election protection laws like California just enacted. California's SB 73, signed into law on May 27, 2026, prohibits law enforcement from interfering with election administration, bans armed personnel at polling places without proper authorization, and makes it a crime to remove voted ballots from the custody of an elections official. These are commonsense safeguards that Hawaii currently lacks. Our elections are only as trustworthy as the protections around them. California recognized that without explicit legal guardrails, voting technology, ballot packages, and voter rolls are vulnerable to unauthorized access and disruption. Hawaii should pass comparable legislation that covers the same ground: barring unauthorized law enforcement access to voting systems and ballots, restricting armed personnel at polling places, and giving the Attorney General civil enforcement authority against anyone who tampers with ballots. Please introduce or co-sponsor legislation that brings these protections to Hawaii voters.