08-21-2016, 04:44 AM
If the total population was 600,000, many of those were children, so they couldn't register to vote, let alone actually vote.
We can estimate that about 1/3 of the population were children, some additional visitors were military and not residents, as well as others ineligible to vote for various reasons.
140,000 voted
200,000+ couldn't vote (children, etc)
Let's conservatively estimate a total of 200,000 couldn't vote. Of the remaining 260,000 potential voters, if every one of them registered and voted (unlikely) 200,000 of those 260,000 votes would have to be against statehood in order to charge the outcome of the election.
That's a lot of ifs to prove a conspiracy prevented Native Hawaiians from taking part in a fair election. Yes, it's possible, but so is getting hit by lightning at the same moment you're bit by a shark.
- Be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. - Work slowly. - Refer all matters to committees for "further study and consideration. - Hold conferences. - Make travel as inconvenient as possible. - Haggle over precise wordings of communications. - Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and avoid haste. (Excerpts from the WWII OSS Simple Sabotage Manual)
We can estimate that about 1/3 of the population were children, some additional visitors were military and not residents, as well as others ineligible to vote for various reasons.
140,000 voted
200,000+ couldn't vote (children, etc)
Let's conservatively estimate a total of 200,000 couldn't vote. Of the remaining 260,000 potential voters, if every one of them registered and voted (unlikely) 200,000 of those 260,000 votes would have to be against statehood in order to charge the outcome of the election.
That's a lot of ifs to prove a conspiracy prevented Native Hawaiians from taking part in a fair election. Yes, it's possible, but so is getting hit by lightning at the same moment you're bit by a shark.
- Be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. - Work slowly. - Refer all matters to committees for "further study and consideration. - Hold conferences. - Make travel as inconvenient as possible. - Haggle over precise wordings of communications. - Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and avoid haste. (Excerpts from the WWII OSS Simple Sabotage Manual)
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