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Friday, March 18, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 18, 2016
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 3987 Views :: Office of Elections
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Candidates must complete and file a nomination paper to appear on the ballot....
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Saturday, March 12, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 11, 2016
By News Release @ 11:54 PM :: 4269 Views :: Office of Elections
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The candidate filing process allows qualified individuals to have their names appear on the ballot.....
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Friday, March 4, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of March 4, 2016
By News Release @ 9:00 PM :: 4550 Views :: Office of Elections
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Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016.....
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016 |
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Demographic and Economic Profiles of Hawaii's Electorate
By News Release @ 11:59 AM :: 5232 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections
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In advance of the Hawaii caucuses on March 8 and March 26, the Census Bureau presents a variety of statistics that give an overall profile of the state’s voting-age population and industries....
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Saturday, February 27, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 26, 2016
By News Release @ 5:01 AM :: 4699 Views :: Office of Elections
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Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....
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Saturday, February 20, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 19, 2016
By News Release @ 11:59 PM :: 4906 Views :: Office of Elections
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Candidates must complete and file a nomination paper to appear on the ballot.....
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Saturday, February 13, 2016 |
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Who’s Running: Candidates Pulling Papers as of Feb 12, 2016
By News Release @ 2:08 AM :: 5843 Views :: Office of Elections, Politicians
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Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1, 2016 through June 7, 2016....
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Saturday, February 6, 2016 |
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Campaign 2016: Dozens of Politicians Pull Papers in First Week
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 4934 Views :: Office of Elections
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A complete list of all candidates for public office who have pulled papers as of Friday Feb 5, 2016....
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Thursday, January 28, 2016 |
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2016 Elections: Candidate Filing Begins Monday Feb 1
By News Release @ 1:34 AM :: 4361 Views :: Office of Elections
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Candidate filing for the 2016 Elections runs from February 1 through June 7, 2016....
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 |
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Green Party v Nago: ‘Mistakes were made, Election Office Fell Short’
By Robert Thomas @ 3:54 AM :: 5168 Views :: Office of Elections
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..."execution of the 2012 General Election fell short of the electorate's reasonable expectations" -- ICA, Dec 18, 2015....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 |
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Hawaii Might Finally Be Forced To Include Military Among ‘We The People’
By Robert Thomas @ 9:13 PM :: 5805 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering that question in a Texas case in which Hawaii’s decades-long exclusion of active-duty military and families from the body politic is front and center....
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Monday, December 7, 2015 |
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Evenwel: Will Supreme Court Overturn 50 Years of Hawaii Apportionment Law?
By Robert Thomas @ 3:45 PM :: 5233 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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Tomorrow, the US Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in two election law cases, Evenwel v. Abbott, No. 14-940, and Harris v. Arizona Ind. Redistricting Comm'n, No. 14-232....
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Sunday, November 29, 2015 |
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Vote-by-Mail: Old-Boy Trick to Disenfranchise Independent Voters?
By Andrew Walden @ 9:43 PM :: 7088 Views :: Labor, Office of Elections, GMOs
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in 2014 the difference in voting pattern between absentee voters and Election Day voters was as much as 37.2% ...
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Friday, October 2, 2015 |
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U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Voter Registration Drive
By News Release @ 2:49 AM :: 5773 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii’s Installation Voting Assistance Office will host a voter registration drive in the lobby of the main Post Exchange, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m....
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Thursday, October 1, 2015 |
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'Aha Candidates--Legislators, Trustee Violate Resign to Run Law
By Andrew Walden @ 5:43 AM :: 8474 Views :: Akaka Bill, Office of Elections, OHA
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The three candidates for immediate resignation:
OHA Trustee Rowena Akana
Sen Brickwood Galuteria
Rep Kaniela Ing
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 |
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Hawaii AG on Reapportionment: We Want to Count Everybody--But only in Texas
By Robert Thomas @ 4:05 PM :: 4372 Views :: Office of Elections
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Hawaii AG joins amici brief supporting Texas in Evenwel v. Abbott....
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Friday, September 25, 2015 |
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Hawaii Apportionment Plaintiffs to Supreme Court: ‘Count Everyone’
By Robert Thomas @ 12:56 PM :: 4379 Views :: Office of Elections
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Today we filed this amici brief in Evenwel v. Abbott....
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015 |
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The Supreme Court’s ‘One Person, One Vote’ Case
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:10 PM :: 4769 Views :: Office of Elections
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...whether electoral districts should continue to be drawn using a state’s total population, which is the current precedent, or if the system should shift to account only for eligible voters....
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Friday, September 11, 2015 |
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Evenwel v Abbott Could Affect Hawaii Reapportionment
By Robert Thomas @ 5:33 PM :: 4728 Views :: Office of Elections
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Evenwel v. Abbott, the one-person-one-vote reapportionment case currently being briefed in the U.S. Supreme Court....
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Thursday, August 13, 2015 |
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Lawsuit Challenges Kanaiolowalu, Na'i Aupuni, OHA
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:53 PM :: 8004 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Office of Elections, OHA
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“Who would believe that in this day and age U.S. citizens are being denied access to the right to vote explicitly because of their race and their points of view?”
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015 |
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Hawaii Launches On-Line Voter Registration Site
By News Release @ 9:36 PM :: 4354 Views :: Office of Elections
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Click HERE to register to vote in Hawaii ....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015 |
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Hawaii Reapportionment Commission Breathes A Sigh Of Relief
By Robert Thomas @ 1:49 AM :: 4640 Views :: Office of Elections
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...today's 5-4 decision in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n....
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Thursday, June 4, 2015 |
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Adulthood - Interrupted: Hawaii Leads the Way
By Selected News Articles @ 10:25 PM :: 6926 Views :: Health Care, Office of Elections, Drugs
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In Progressive World, there are at least four stages of legally becoming an adult....
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Thursday, June 4, 2015 |
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Representation based on 'Eligible Voters' would Underrepresent Families
By Selected News Articles @ 2:19 AM :: 6915 Views :: Family, Office of Elections
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A recent case to be heard by the Supreme Court may seem harmless on its face, but has much deeper ramifications for people of faith, and especially families....
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii "Is Exception To Constitutional Law" In State Reapportionment
By Robert Thomas @ 9:31 PM :: 5888 Views :: Military, Office of Elections
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...the Texas case may open up future Hawaii reapportionments to legal challenge if Hawaii persists in applying the same or similar standards....
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 |
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WSJ: "Hawaii Military Carve Out May Play Role in Voting District Case"
By Robert Thomas @ 4:11 PM :: 4847 Views :: Office of Elections
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SCOTUS To Revisit One-Person-One-Vote: Representational Equality Or Voting Equality?
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Thursday, April 2, 2015 |
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Hawaii Senate creates panel to review Sen. Brickwood Galuteria's qualifications
By Selected News Articles @ 1:49 PM :: 7037 Views :: Ethics, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...the new committee will explore whether Galuteria is qualified to serve....
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Monday, March 16, 2015 |
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Elections Officer Scott Nago selected for Lava Tube Dishonor
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 5674 Views :: Office of Elections
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...the Lava Tube dishonor is given for a lack of communication and keeping the public in the dark....
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015 |
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Is The Hawaii Reapportionment Commission About To Go The Way Of The 'O'o Bird?
By Robert Thomas @ 11:38 PM :: 4561 Views :: Office of Elections
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...come June, we'll be watching for more guidance from the Supreme Court.....
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Saturday, January 31, 2015 |
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Compulsory Voting for Hawaii?
By Rep Gene Ward @ 6:19 PM :: 5418 Views :: Office of Elections
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Voting has been compulsory in Australia since 1912 and appears to have reached about 94% voter turn-out in most elections....
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014 |
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Hawaii Supreme Court Confirms Election Contests Are Tough
By Robert Thomas @ 11:57 PM :: 4512 Views :: Office of Elections
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The statutory standards for an original jurisdiction action in the Hawaii Supreme Court challenging the outcome of an election are pretty rigorous....
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Sunday, December 21, 2014 |
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Motions Fly in Lawsuit Seeking Removal of Schatz from Office
By Andrew Walden @ 8:23 PM :: 7364 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Office of Elections
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"...Defendants, pursuant to Hawaii law, selected this appointee through a process that ignores the Seventeenth Amendment...."
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014 |
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Top Chicago Labor Law Firm Takes Aim at Illegal Appointment of Brian Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 10:09 PM :: 6604 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Office of Elections
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The Geoghegan firm successfully represented plaintiffs in Judge v. Quinn involving related Seventeenth Amendment issues resulting from the temporary appointment to the US Senate of Roland Burris....
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Monday, November 24, 2014 |
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Tommy Waters Sues for Recount in East Oahu Council Race
By Selected News Articles @ 8:47 PM :: 6466 Views :: Honolulu County, Office of Elections
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...Waters argues that the voting results suggest 128 ballots may have been miscounted out of the 37,178 cast....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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Hawaii Election Results--Highlights
By Andrew Walden @ 11:34 PM :: 8669 Views :: Office of Elections
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Two new House Republicans elected. Anti-GMO initiative wins on Maui ....
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014 |
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US Attorney Appoints Election Officer to Investigate Voter Fraud in Hawaii
By News Release @ 1:54 PM :: 4337 Views :: Office of Elections
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In addition, the FBI will have special agents available in each field office and resident agency....
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Monday, November 3, 2014 |
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Find Your Polling Place and Print Out a Sample Ballot
By News Release @ 6:19 PM :: 4446 Views :: Office of Elections
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Find your polling place and print out a sample ballot from the Hawaii Office of Elections....
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Saturday, November 1, 2014 |
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Lawsuit Seeks Removal of Schatz from Office
By News Release @ 1:38 AM :: 10248 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Judiciary, Office of Elections, Politicians
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...the election being conducted by Defendant Nago and the State of Hawaii Office of Elections is unconstitutional under the Seventeenth Amendment....
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Cayetano Blames One Party System for Low Turnout
By Malia Zimmerman @ 4:09 PM :: 10197 Views :: Democratic Party, Hawaii Statistics, Office of Elections, Politicians, Republican Party
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“The Democrats who run against each other are pretty much on the same side on social issues, so it just comes down who has greater resources and who is more popular.”
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014 |
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Lava Flow: Schools Closing but Polling Stations Expected to Open
By News Release @ 3:54 PM :: 6263 Views :: Education K-12, Office of Elections
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Keonepoko and Pahoa High School will remain as election polling sites for the General Election on Tuesday, November 4....
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
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Walk-In Early Voting Begins October 21
By News Release @ 12:36 AM :: 4683 Views :: Office of Elections
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Early Voting Walk-In Locations ....
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Sunday, September 28, 2014 |
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October 6 Last Day to Register to Vote
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 6037 Views :: Office of Elections, Small Business
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October 6: Last day to register to vote. >>> Register HERE <<<
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Thursday, August 28, 2014 |
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Supreme Court Dismisses All Three Puna Election Challenges
By Robert Thomas @ 10:10 PM :: 6588 Views :: Judiciary, Office of Elections
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Today must be election contest day at the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014 |
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Voting Issues Scrutinized at Election Commission Meeting
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 7:36 PM :: 4703 Views :: Office of Elections
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...No accountability for past and present errors in the election process by the Chief Elections Officer....
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
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According To State, ACLU Complaint About Postponed Puna Primary Not An "Election Contest"
By Robert Thomas @ 8:40 PM :: 4558 Views :: Office of Elections
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You can tell what kind of case is before what Hawaii appellate court by the case designation at the top of the fist page flysheet....
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014 |
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Full Text: Nago's Report to Elections Commission
By News Release @ 5:41 AM :: 4749 Views :: Office of Elections
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...the staff decided to start over and re-read all memory cards. It is at this point that one memory card was not read again....
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Monday, August 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii commission opens investigation into election day debacles
By Malia Zimmerman @ 11:10 PM :: 4914 Views :: Office of Elections
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Three Hawaii lawmakers called on the State Elections Commission to fire Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago Friday during a standing room-only commission meeting....
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Sunday, August 24, 2014 |
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"Not A Typical Election Contest" Filed Over Postponed Puna Primary
By Robert Thomas @ 6:24 AM :: 6532 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections
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...Thursday at 4:30 p.m. was the statutory deadline for instituting an "election contest" in the Hawaii Supreme Court....
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