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Signature issues left thousands of primary votes uncounted

By Cindy Ellen Russell

Aug. 24, 2022

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Michael Sunouchi, assistant elections administrator, explains how the Agilis ballot sorting system functions at the city’s election ballot processing center near the airport on Wednesday. Despite lower participation in the recent election, more voters on Oahu mailed or dropped off ballots that weren’t counted because of nonmatching or missing signatures on ballot return envelopes compared with the 2020 primary election when mail-in voting became the predominant form of voting in Hawaii under a 2019 decision by state lawmakers.
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Michael Sunouchi, assistant elections administrator, explains how the Agilis ballot sorting system functions at the city’s election ballot processing center near the airport on Wednesday.
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A view of the Agilis ballot sorting system's pockets where voting ballots are sorted and collated.
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A view of the Agilis ballot sorting system's pocket where voting ballots with no signature are collated.
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Amanda Brockway, elections program coordinator, explains how the Agilis ballot sorting system functions at the city’s election ballot processing center near the airport.
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A view of the Agilis ballot sorting system's pockets where voting ballots are collated.
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Voters are sent a letter by the Office of Elections when their ballot is missing a signature or if there is a non-matching signature. People can then respond to the letter or come in person to sign an affirmation statement or update their signature. Pictured are the remaining ballots where voters did not respond.
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Two Agilis ballot sorting system machines are housed at the city’s election ballot processing center near the airport.
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Two Agilis ballot sorting system machines are housed in a cage at the city’s election ballot processing center near the airport.

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