08-11-2014, 10:43 AM
FYI: (*Update)
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
State elections officials tell Hawaii News Now that they will hold a one day special election for the two storm damaged precincts in Puna on the Big Island. The polling places will be held at two, yet to be determined. locations in Puna this Friday or Saturday between 7a.m. and 6 p.m.
The Office of Elections is still determining the date.
Election officials decided today to hold 'in-person' voting instead of an all-mail ballot election process.
The two precincts in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision have more than 8,200 registered voters, mathematically more than enough to tip the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate between Brian Schatz and Coleen Hanabusa. But the state Office of Elections said only 12 percent of them cast advance ballots for Saturday's primary. Those who wanted to go to the polls were not allowed to vote due to the extensive storm damage in their area.
We will have the latest tonight on Hawaii News Now.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/26253...vaged-puna
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
State elections officials tell Hawaii News Now that they will hold a one day special election for the two storm damaged precincts in Puna on the Big Island. The polling places will be held at two, yet to be determined. locations in Puna this Friday or Saturday between 7a.m. and 6 p.m.
The Office of Elections is still determining the date.
Election officials decided today to hold 'in-person' voting instead of an all-mail ballot election process.
The two precincts in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision have more than 8,200 registered voters, mathematically more than enough to tip the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate between Brian Schatz and Coleen Hanabusa. But the state Office of Elections said only 12 percent of them cast advance ballots for Saturday's primary. Those who wanted to go to the polls were not allowed to vote due to the extensive storm damage in their area.
We will have the latest tonight on Hawaii News Now.
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/26253...vaged-puna