Elections Office

[Rene Siracusa]

Rob - Perhaps you missed the part that in the past the poll boxes were packed a week before the election, but this time they were packed the night before. Sounds like a last minute rush job, and that's when errors usually happen.

Did you also note that the poll box for "Kahakai", which is really Keonepoko El, ended up on the Kona side and had to be hand delivered to Keonepoko? How did it end up in Kona? Where was the oversight? As a result, Keonepoko didn't open until 8:40 and ended up having the lowest voter turnout. Do you think that's a coincidence? I don't. I think the voters who arrived between 7 am and 8:30 or so never returned - probably never even learned about the extended hours until it was too late. Would that number of voters have made a signficant change in the District 4 results? Who knows? Unless they do a 100% mail-in repeat for that precinct we will never know. Maybe Fred would have had a bigger lead, or no lead at all; Maybe James would have beat out Greggor. That many votes could have changed the outcome. If I was one of those candidates I would be asking for a special election for that polling place.If I was a D. 4 voter I would be asking for that too.