Elections Office

[JerryCarr]

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Originally posted by Rene Siracusa



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.

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Royall is right. The only voting place that opened late in District 4 was the HPP Community Center, and it opened 10 minutes late. Having voted there on several occasions, I can honestly say that anyone who didn't allow a 10 minute margin of error for that location was either unrealistic or not serious about voting. In no way did this affect the outcome.