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Thursday, September 26, 2013 |
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Gill: "Lazy Democrats Might Support Other Parties" After we Close Primary
By Robert Thomas @ 3:32 PM :: 6603 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Using the power of the state to equalize political outcomes, in a district where most citizens think one way, is a dangerous idea....
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Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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Close Dem Primary? State Claims Hawaii Already has 'Vibrant Multi-Party System'
By Robert Thomas @ 2:01 AM :: 6007 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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These are among the gems to be gleaned from the State's counter-motion to the Democratic Party's motion for summary judgment, filed earlier this week in the federal lawsuit challenging the open primary process."
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Thursday, August 22, 2013 |
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Hawaii’s election chief won’t be getting a pay hike
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:13 PM :: 4748 Views :: Office of Elections
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The man at the center of 2012′s general election disaster will not get a $36,000 pay hike....
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 |
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Update On Hawaii Reapportionment SCOTUS Appeal
By Robert Thomas @ 11:35 PM :: 5426 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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In state reapportionment cases such as this, the Court has "appellate" jurisdiction to directly review decisions by the US District Court for the District of Hawaii....
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Monday, August 12, 2013 |
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KOS: Open Primary Forces Democrats to Discipline Lawmakers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:31 PM :: 5839 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Because of Hawaii’s bizarre primary system, in which non-party members are allowed to vote, the possibility of party grass roots disciplining people like Gabbard, through primarying him, is very remote....
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Monday, August 5, 2013 |
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Hawaii DINOs Meet Idaho RINOs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:27 PM :: 5993 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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Just as the GOP activists in Idaho want bad-intentioned Democrats and free-thinking independents out of “their” nominating process, so do Democratic Party leaders in Hawaii....
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 |
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Federal court says military can go unrepresented in HI reapportionment
By Malia Zimmerman @ 5:47 PM :: 5145 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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...removal of 108,000 non-permanent military and their families is “unconstitutional” and “discriminatory”....
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Saturday, July 13, 2013 |
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Hawaii Reapportionment: ‘Supreme Court Will be Interested’
By Robert Thomas @ 11:52 AM :: 4554 Views :: Office of Elections
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We always believed that the issues in this case merited resolution by the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Thursday, June 27, 2013 |
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Voting Rights: Hawaii Moves to Top of Enforcement List?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:40 PM :: 5703 Views :: Office of Elections
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Why? Hawaii's consistently low voter turnout....
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Sunday, June 23, 2013 |
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LA Times: California ‘Non-Partisan’ Primary ‘Weakened Democracy’
By Selected News Articles @ 7:13 PM :: 6353 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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In response to Hawaii Democrats' suit to close their primary, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, columnist David Shapiro and Luxury Resort Developer Pierre Omidyar’s Civil Beat have all editorialized in favor of Hawaii adopting California’s ‘Top Two’ primary system....
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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Full Text: Hawaii Democrats' Lawsuit Demanding Closed Primary
By Robert Thomas @ 4:03 AM :: 7315 Views :: Democratic Party, First Amendment, Office of Elections
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Here are the Complaint and the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Preliminary Injunction, filed yesterday....
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 |
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3 Things You Should Know About the Supreme Court and Voter ID
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:43 PM :: 5544 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down one of its first major decisions of this term, striking down Arizona’s measure requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 |
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Census looks at 2012 Elections: Hawaii Worst Voter Registration, 2nd Worst Voter Participation
By Andrew Walden @ 9:51 PM :: 5494 Views :: Office of Elections
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Hawaii will improve voter participation when Hawaii has a politically competitive two party system....
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Friday, April 26, 2013 |
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Study: 'Clean Elections' Often Favor Corrupt Incumbents Against Upstart Challengers
By Selected News Articles @ 9:11 AM :: 4454 Views :: Office of Elections
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The GAO’s 2010 report concludes that the benefits supposedly derived from taxpayer financed campaigns do not occur...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013 |
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Democratic Party Will File Legal Challenge Over Hawaii's Primary Election Laws
By News Release @ 2:19 PM :: 5934 Views :: Democratic Party, Office of Elections
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The Democratic Party of Hawaii will file a lawsuit in U.S. District Court to seek an injunction against the state of Hawaii over its primary election laws....
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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Testimony: Passage of SB286 Will Lead to State Court Challenge
By Selected News Articles @ 1:13 PM :: 4066 Views :: Office of Elections
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"What incentive do the plaintiffs have to withdraw their challenge IF they think they have a chance of prevailing in Federal Court?"
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 |
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SB982 Changing the Way Votes Are Counted on Constitutional Amendments
By Selected News Articles @ 10:59 AM :: 5432 Views :: Office of Elections
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The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that a constitutional amendment only passes if at least 50% of the total ballots cast include a “yes” vote....
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013 |
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Election Day Registration: Voters Subject to Media Hype
By News Release @ 11:11 AM :: 4474 Views :: Office of Elections
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This new class of voter would be most likely to follow the latest media hype....
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Thursday, April 4, 2013 |
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Election Day Voter Registration: Invitation to Chaos and Fraud
By Selected News Articles @ 1:59 PM :: 4916 Views :: Office of Elections
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...our lawmakers have apparently not checked in with the eight other states that currently have this system....
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Monday, April 1, 2013 |
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Hawaii Impact? Supreme Court Rejects Texas Reapportionment Case
By Robert Thomas @ 1:32 PM :: 7089 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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This morning, the Supreme Court released the order with the results of last Friday's conference, revealing the Court has declined to review Lepak v. City of Irving....
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Thursday, March 14, 2013 |
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SB286: Solomon Decision Allows Legislature to Define 'Permanent Resident'
By News Release @ 2:53 PM :: 9962 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Military, Office of Elections
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UPDATE: SB286 Approved with Amendments Thursday March 14, House Committee on Judiciary...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013 |
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Hawaii Had Lowest Election Turnout in Nation – 44.1%
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 6083 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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- Texas – 50.1%
- Oklahoma – 49.6%
- West Virginia – 46.8%
- Hawaii – 44.1%
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 |
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Voting Rights at the Supreme Court Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:26 PM :: 5934 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Shelby County (AL) v. Holder, the case raising the question of Section 5’s constitutionality....
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Monday, February 25, 2013 |
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Reapportionment: Plaintiffs Attorneys Back SB286
By Robert Thomas @ 5:29 PM :: 7069 Views :: Office of Elections
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We are testifying in strong support of S.B. 286, which amends Hawaii Revised Statutes § 25-2 to define “permanent resident” for purposes of state reapportionment and redistricting as any person counted as a “usual resident” of Hawaii by the U.S. Census....
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Sunday, February 24, 2013 |
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Reapportionment: SB286 Would End Discrimination, Mandate Count of All Persons
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 PM :: 7192 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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Defines "permanent resident" for legislative reapportionment as any individual counted as a usual resident in the last preceding U.S. census within the State of Hawaii....
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 |
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Long Lines to Vote? Not for the Vast Majority of Americans
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:24 PM :: 6653 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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It certainly is heartwarming that Desiline Victor, the 102-year-old voter whom President Obama recognized in his State of the Union speech, continues to vote and take part in our democratic process....
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013 |
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Can Vote-By-Mail Fix Those Long Lines At The Polls?
By Selected News Articles @ 6:38 PM :: 5270 Views :: Office of Elections
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...cases of voting fraud are more likely to be through absentee ballots, The New York Times reported last fall, citing comment from some election officials. Compared to in-person voting, an absentee ballot also is more likely to be rejected....
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Friday, February 15, 2013 |
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KOS: Hanabusa Underperformed Obama the Most for any Incumbent in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 2:22 PM :: 10160 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections, Republican Party
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...Colleen Hanabusa underperformed Obama by the most of any incumbent in the nation....
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Thursday, February 7, 2013 |
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PEW: Hawaii Elections Performance Index Ranks 44th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:11 PM :: 5705 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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Highest rate of nonvoting due to registration or absentee ballot problems: Hawaii was the only state with an increase in the rate of registration and absentee voting problems of more than 1 percent between 2008-2010.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |
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Privitization: Post Office to be Replaced by 'Hybrid Model'
By NCPA @ 12:18 PM :: 6250 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Attention Hawaii: Can this 'hybrid model' be trusted with Vote-by-Mail?
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Thursday, January 10, 2013 |
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PEW: Vote-by-Mail Favors Old White Democrats
By Selected News Articles @ 6:59 PM :: 6003 Views :: Office of Elections
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What would happen if voting by mail became compulsory? ... We answer that question in this paper....
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012 |
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Hawaii County: In Election Cases, Time Deadlines Matter
By Robert Thomas @ 2:30 PM :: 6788 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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The case involved a challenge to the charter's requirement that a candidate for public office be a resident of the district in which she intends to run for at least 90 days ....
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012 |
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Full Text: Green Party Sues Nago Over Botched Election
By Selected News Articles @ 2:13 PM :: 5862 Views :: Office of Elections
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The lawsuit claims the methodology and rules that were adopted and used did not comply with proper rulemaking....
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Sunday, November 11, 2012 |
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Election Sabotage: Is Jamae Kawauchi Kevin Cronin?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:15 PM :: 12996 Views :: Office of Elections
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Was Cronin sabotaged by Yoshina and Nago’s cronies in order to make way for Nago? In retrospect, the campaign against Cronin bears all the hallmarks of the campaign against Jamae Kawauchi.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012 |
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Hawaii Election Results for State, County, and Federal Races
By Selected News Articles @ 1:27 AM :: 6976 Views :: Office of Elections
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Full Printout...GOP Legislative Caucus to be 1-S, 7-H
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Sunday, October 21, 2012 |
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Secret Letters Show Nago Timed Attack on Hilo Election Office with Workers Planning Sickout
By Selected News Articles @ 7:37 PM :: 14141 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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"We are not going to volunteer as long as (fired elections workers) are not reinstated or treated fairly...." -- April 18, 2012
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012 |
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Nago Orders State Takeover of Hawaii County Elections
By News Release @ 5:11 PM :: 7847 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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How far will Nago go for Dwayne Yoshina's girlfriend?
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Thursday, August 23, 2012 |
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Akaka's Granddaughter Demands Supreme Court Order New Election in Kona HD 6
By News Release @ 5:09 PM :: 8529 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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Akaka’s lawsuit seeks a recount of the ballots cast, or alternatively a re-run of the primary election for her district.
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Friday, August 17, 2012 |
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Full Text: Nago Report on Hawaii Co Elections, Kawauchi Response
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 8015 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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... elections require the cooperation of the state and the counties working together and not pointing fingers at each other ....
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012 |
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Tulsi Gabbard's precincts Inversely Correlated with Mazie Hirono's
By Selected News Articles @ 4:32 PM :: 7965 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...there's significant evidence that there was a different dynamic going on, and one that didn't follow the sort of liberal/conservative dimension that we tend to focus on....
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Saturday, July 28, 2012 |
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FBI investigating? Sex, Lies and Retaliation at Big Island Election Office
By Andrew Walden @ 12:37 PM :: 19992 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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Will bureaucrats undermine public confidence in elections 'for a good time'? Read on ....
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Monday, June 25, 2012 |
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Stanford University Paper Looks at Ranked Choice Voting
By Selected News Articles @ 4:25 PM :: 11309 Views :: Office of Elections
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...strange results with RCV such as "Raising a candidate's rank on one's ballot does not always increase that candidate's chance of winning and in fact may decrease a candidate's chance to win"
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Sunday, July 31, 2011 |
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Hawaii’s Electoral College Dropout Scheme Debunked
By Selected News Articles @ 9:16 PM :: 8011 Views :: National News, Office of Elections
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Driving the compact is the memory of the 2000 presidential election, in which George W. Bush won the slimmest of electoral-vote majorities even though Al Gore gained a plurality of popular votes. But that election itself suggests a fatal flaw in the proposal....
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |
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Honolulu Council Unanimously Opposes Instant Runoff Voting
By News Release @ 7:25 PM :: 7604 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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Today, the Honolulu City Council unanimously adopted Resolution 11-116 which urges the Hawaii State Legislature to defer action on House Bill No. 638, HD1 SD1 which would force the City & County of Honolulu along with the County of Hawaii to implement a new type of voting procedure during special elections called ‘instant runoff voting’ or ‘ranked choice voting’
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Monday, January 17, 2011 |
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Calif. Mayor’s Open Letter to Honolulu Council: Instant Runoff Voting is undemocratic
By News Release @ 4:42 PM :: 11539 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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It is my understanding that there is a move in Honolulu to introduce IRV/RCV (ranked choice voting). I would suggest the Council not adopt IRV elections as it does not have the results intended. It will not result in a majority victor. There are many problems with ranked choice voting. At one time, I was a supporter of ranked choice voting but no more.
I was born and raised on the Island and still have many relatives on the Island. As someone from Honolulu, I would not want to subject them to instant runoff voting.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011 |
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Instant Runoff? Low-income voters struggle with ranked-choice voting
By Selected News Articles @ 10:33 PM :: 12135 Views :: Office of Elections
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Last week Hawai`i Free Press took a look at the experience of Burlington, VT voters who eventually voted to repeal Instant Runoff Voting (IRV). Today we are sharing a voting analysis by investigative reporter Lance Williams of CaliforniaWatch who evaluates a 21-candidate San Francisco Supervisorial election very similar to the one won by Tom Berg.
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