Star-Advertiser coverage of the 2022 elections.
The ACLU said a hand-count volunteer openly carrying a firearm removed an ACLU observer from a hand-count tally room, which the organization said it recently discovered was Nye County GOP Central Committee Vice Chair Laura Larsen. Read more
Pointing in particular to the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, he said that Trump’s false claims about a stolen election have “fueled the dangerous rise of political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years.” Read more
Noem’s choice of campaign surrogates suggested she was trying to appeal to moderate voters. Read more
Housing and crime dominate the Nov. 8 Honolulu City Council District 6 race, with both candidates, Traci Toguchi and Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, choosing to focus on those issues. Read more
First of all, thanks to the many volunteers who help Hawaii’s elections run smoothly — efficiently and with integrity. Read more
Oahu voters now have the chance to decide whether to amend the Honolulu City Charter to require that four of the nine members of the Planning Commission have certain expertise requirements. Read more
There’s a reason why voters’ eyes cross when trying to figure out the charter amendments they should approve or reject. That’s because the language is legalese — precise as it must be, but not light reading. Read more
Biden said he was feeling good about the midterms, which will decide control of Congress for the next two years. Read more
Obama came to Detroit on Saturday to help turn out voters for Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in her bid for a second term against Republican challenger Tudor Dixon. Read more
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The efforts to hand-count ballots are driven by unfounded concerns among some Republicans that problems with vote-counting machines or voter fraud led to former President Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat. Read more
Native Hawaiian organizations are staging several get-out-the-vote events around the state in advance of the Nov. 8 general election. Read more
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi said the case remained open and that the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans could try again to make its argument against a group calling itself Clean Elections USA. Read more
Obama begins a hopscotch across battleground states today in Georgia, and he will travel Saturday to Michigan and Wisconsin, followed by stops next week in Nevada and Pennsylvania. Read more
Three of five seats representing island districts and three of four at-large seats on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees (BOT) are up for a vote this year, each with a four-year term. OHA elections for all seats are statewide, and any registered Hawaii voter can cast a ballot. Read more
Biden’s scheduled visit to New Mexico comes after Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Albuquerque last week to campaign with Lujan Grisham. Read more
The tour is an effort to energize young voters and shore up support for vulnerable Democratic candidates ahead of the midterm elections. Read more
Reissued in September, the study remains classified and its full contents aren’t publicly known. Read more
Biden got a boost on the news today that the economy grew at a better-than-expected 2.6% annual rate from July through September, overcoming inflation and interest rates. Read more
Slotkin is competing against Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District. Read more
The City Council District 8 race in the Nov. 8 general election pits former Council member Ron Menor against the Republican minority leader in the state House of Representatives, Val Okimoto. Read more
There is bound to be a healthy infusion of new blood in the state House in January, with at least seven races that have no incumbent running. Read more
