“My administration will take action on day one to ensure that the rights of women in Hawaii are protected,” Democrat Josh Green said in a statement today. “We will not allow extreme laws from other states to threaten reproductive healthcare rights in our state.” Republican James “Duke” Aiona did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Green’s announcement. Read more
Honolulu election officials said last week they will mail general election ballots to Oahu voters Oct. 17 and 18. Read more
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Vicky Cayetano spent more than $3.2 million in her failed party primary election, including $2.35 million that she loaned her campaign, according to the latest campaign disclosure statements. Read more
No new winners have been declared in Hawaii’s primary election in August as the result of several legal challenges filed by losing candidates and a handful of voters. Read more
Yet for the governor, mayors, legislators and county council members after the Nov. 8 general election, moving the needle on an issue that has been a chronic problem for decades likely will be more than difficult and hard to measure. Read more
More than 3,000 Hawaii voters suffered a pitfall — voting too late — in this year’s primary election. County election officials report that 3,125 ballots cast by mail in the Aug. 13 contest didn’t count because they weren’t received in time. Read more
Gubernatorial hopefuls Josh Green and James “Duke” Aiona both say that if elected in November, Red Hill will be a top priority and they will push the Navy to move faster to permanently shut it down. Read more
The Hawaii Supreme Court has dismissed two initial legal challenges disputing the results of the state’s Aug. 13 primary election. Read more
It’s undoubtedly a consequence of society’s digital means of communication that our own digits — our fingers — are becoming less practiced at signatures. Read more
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Hawaii’s voters are getting some national recognition. Not for our primary election winners or losers. And not because of our unique local politics, but thanks to our local voters. Read more
A final audited tally of voting in Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election was completed Friday and didn’t produce any new winners, though more losing candidates have filed legal challenges contesting the outcome of their races. Read more
A Hawaii Republican political action committee that regularly attacks the Republican Party of Hawaii, its leaders and some of its candidates is now mocking GOP lieutenant governor candidate Seaula “Junior” Tupai Jr. Read more
Democrats dominate voting, and lack of it; First ladies can play key role in government; Military branches pollute Hawaii’s water. Read more
A lot of voters perhaps could have benefited from autograph practice before submitting mail-in ballots for Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election. Read more
Our democracy is in crisis. No, not just on the continent. The crisis is here in Hawaii: More than half a million registered voters did not feel motivated to mark their ballots, stick it into a postage-paid envelope, and drop it in the mail. Yet at least one pundit called it a “pretty normal election.” Wow. Read more
The third-place finisher among Republicans who competed in Hawaii’s Aug. 13 primary election to be governor is seeking to have all results from the election invalidated. Read more
Question: Why are ballot drop boxes still in place more than a week after the primary election? Are they planning to leave them until November? Read more
Branco, now 35 and still living in his grandmother’s sewing room in Kailua, had been counseled to get more political experience before trying to serve in Washington, D.C. Read more
Four years ago, Josh Green, then a Hawaii island state senator, was on his way to becoming the strongest lieutenant governor candidate in a contested Democratic primary. Read more
They’ve spoken daily about the challenges ahead ever since Luke visited Green at his election night watch party in Waikiki. And they continue to fine-tune how they see their roles as a team should they win election as a newly formed Democratic ticket on Nov. 8. Read more
Voters rebuffed a vicious $2 million campaign by the Hawaii Carpenters Union to defeat Rep. Sylvia Luke in the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, in retaliation for her refusal as House finance chair to permanently extend the 0.5% excise tax surcharge for the union’s cherished Honolulu rail project. Read more
