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"With a lawyer sitting at his side..."
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...ii-primary
But the vendor then later failed to re-scan one of the cards, Nago said.
Nago said that in retrospect, the uncounted ballots should have been reported to the public sooner than nearly a week after the primary and that an audit should have been conducted the night of the primary.
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Quote from Tribune herald article
"State Sen. Russell Ruderman, another Democrat representing Puna, said he doesn’t think he’s in the position to call for Nago to be removed.
“I do believe something needs to change. But I believe I honestly don’t have the information about what action should be taken,” he said."
- See more at:
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...qus_thread
Seems the Bull Frog of Puna is only Coqui when he gets to Honolulu.
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The election for the entire state should have been postponed or at least all of Hawaii County should have been postponed, and at a minimum none of the local races should have been announced before everyone had a chance to vote.
That being said, the best solution is to go to 100% vote by mail with the ballots being sent out at least 2 weeks prior to the election. One of the advantages of having people mail their ballots back over a period of time is it prevents people like Sativa from mounting effective last-minute smear campaigns.
When Oregon went 100% mail in voting I was skeptical at first but it actually increased voter participation, and the year it was piloted there were something like 47 voter initiatives (direct legislation, not just advisory like Hawaii) so people had more time to think and research their choices.
And yes,some person(s) in the State Elections offices should consider resigning because they have made some shameful decisions.
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best solution is to go to 100% vote by mail
... but only if the ballots include peel-n-stick return envelopes.
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Update: Hawaii News Now
The Hawaii Attorney General's Office in a court filing has asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the primary election. The ACLU of Hawaii sued on behalf of Big Island voters who could not reach polling places in Pahoa because of damage from Tropical Storm Iselle.
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The process may not have been perfect, and some missed votes do subvert the letter of the law, but the numbers were so far apart that getting 100% of the vote wouldn't have changed any of the election outcomes.
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*
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some missed votes do subvert the letter of the law
Since when has "the law" mattered?
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The statements that no outcomes would be changed is incorrect.
In Council dist 4, the incumbent's neighborhood voted ( HPP). Top challenger Roy Lozano's neighbors in Pohoiki were blocked in on election day, as were the huge numbers of voters in Nanawale, where challenger Madie Green has long been active. A difference of about 100 votes for any of the 3 challengers would put this into a runoff.
At this time, the challengers' neighbors have not voted yet. Of course the incumbent has been curiously silent on the rights of these, his constituents, to vote.
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The statements that no outcomes would be changed is incorrect.
I almost hate to go further, but ...
With electronic voting machines, there's really no way to know what the actual totals are. Case in point: 800 votes on Maui, "not really missing because we did find them later".
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Well the County doesn't seem to care who votes where. Just register in the district you want to be a player in.
