With just a little more than two weeks between today and the General Election, there is little more candidates can do to change their personal description from “candidate” to “winner.” Read more
Voter service centers in the City and County of Honolulu will open Tuesday, offering accessible in-person voting, replacement ballots and same-day voter registration services. Read more
In the Aug. 10 primary election, Roth received 38% of the votes compared with 28% for Alameda. But four other challengers attracted the balance, roughly 34% of the ballots cast by voters. Read more
Honolulu ballot questions include one involving climate change and another on the reorganization of the city’s Department of Emergency Services. Read more
Voter service centers provide accessible in-person voting, same-day voter registration and collection of voted ballots. Read more
The Nov. 5 election ballots will ask voters a one-sentence question: “Shall the state constitution be amended to repeal the legislature’s authority to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples?” Read more
Voters overwhelmingly prefer the convenience of voting by mail. Read more
On all ballots statewide this November will be one OHA at-large seat and two seats open for neighbor island resident trustees. Read more
Only 32.3% of registered voters bothered to cast ballots in the Aug. 10 party primary election. Read more
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Voters in Royal Kunia-Waipahu-Honouliuli — part of a West Oahu area that’s been increasingly turning politically red — will have a clear choice between a traditional union-backed Democrat and an incumbent, evangelical Christian Republican whose views are sometimes so extreme that he was condemned by a West side Republican senator. Read more
Voters in Kailua and a portion of Kaneohe will pick someone new to represent them in the state House of Representatives on Nov. 5, choosing between a Democrat and a Republican who disagree whether Kailua has become more progressive or more conservative after decades of reelecting moderate Republican Rep. Cynthia Thielen. Read more
The event, hosted by the Big Island Press Club at the Hilo Yacht Club, saw Mayor Mitch Roth and challenger Kimo Alameda respond to an array of questions. Read more
Mitch Roth, who is running for a second term, received more votes than Kimo Alameda, his nearest challenger, in the primary election, but not enough to avoid a Nov. 5 runoff. Read more
Republican state Rep. David Alcos III — who is running for reelection Nov. 5 for his House District 41 seat — has been fined $12,500 by the state Ethics Commission for an unprecedented volume of campaign financial disclosure violations, including failing to report more than $3 million in liens against him by the IRS and state Tax Department. Read more
House Speaker Scott Saiki will leave his position after 30 years on Nov. 5 — the same day as the general election. Read more
The turnover underscores the vulnerability of incumbents in districts where only a few hundred votes can determine the difference between victory and defeat, especially in a state with a history of voter apathy. Read more
State Rep. Diamond Garcia (R, Ewa-Kapolei) called the region Oahu’s new “Republican stronghold. … It used to be Hawaii Kai, Aina Haina and Kailua. Now Kapolei, Ewa, Waipahu, the Waianae Coast — they’re all switching.” Read more
Question: My wife is unable to sign her name, so she passed on voting in the primary. Read more
The Nov. 5 ballot will contain four proposed city charter amendments, including one related to city employee salaries, as well as two state-level constitutional amendments. Read more
Nakashima, who died July 11 at the age of 61, represented his district since 2008 and was assured of re-election again after running unopposed in this month’s primary election. Read more
Young voters could play a critical role in deciding who will be America’s next president, but as a new school year begins at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, there’s little enthusiasm in any big way ahead of Nov. 5. Read more
