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On 9/11 I sent an email to the County Elections Office asking about their plan and how they would treat the address issue for evacuees. Stewart Maeda replied that they would make a plan once they see where the lava is going. This made me see red, because I believe that they should already have an overall plan that they could tweek to address any details. So I forwarded his email to Darryl Oliveira (who already has a lot on his plate) and Mayor Billy. Billy got really angry at Maeda's response and said he would make sure that Puna wasn't locked out of the polls - even if the PO gets covered by lava! Let's wait and see what they come up with.
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Thank you Rene for working on this, I hope you and all of your animals have a safe harbor at this time.
I've also been thinking about how many people are having to move between now and the election. Where will their "legal" residence be for voting purposes? If they use their work or business address in Kea'au or Hilo as a new mailing address are other people going to challenge their vote? If people are forced out of their homes by this event will the voting division regard them as still being legal residents of district 5, after all no one knows how long they will have to be living somewhere else, or will they be denied the right to vote on the grounds they no longer live in district 5? I have to admit I don't have any faith in the office that is supposed to protect our right to free, fair, and transparent elections.
Carol
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Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Thank you Frankie and Rene. I'm not directly affected by the current lava flow but have become a little disillusioned with the oversight of local elections here and am truly astonished that no contingency plans have yet to be made, if that's indeed true.
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Elections Office could make life simple by stating that evacuees would be treated as though they were on vacation - not there at the moment but official address unchanged. However, I don't give them credit for cutting through red tape so easily. I understand that a representative from that office will be at the Pahoa community center today to answer questions, and I hope that they do actually have answers, as opposed to fatuous gobbledegook.
Me? I'm voting walk-in, as always. Hope that by then there is a venue that I can get to to do that :-)
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From today's WHT front page link...
http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/volcano-...-prep-lava
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FYI: (*Source: Bobbie Jean Leithead Todd's Update FB Page)
Voter Information at Pahoa Community Center. We are encouraging people to sign up for absentee mail in ballots.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/69630688...7/?fref=nf
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I heard that they MAY use the Nanawale facility for walk-in voting from Oct. 21 to 31. It's not a done deal yet, but it is in the talking stages.
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I would recommend that folks make use of the absentee/mail in ballot and not totally rely on early walk in or day of election voting.
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