Election

Scott Nago, state chief elections officer, reacts to President Trump’s comments this week that he is considering an executive order to eliminate voting by mail.

Hawaiʻi Chief Elections Officer Scott Nago responds to President Donald Trump's calls to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines; New research investigates the low number of solid organ transplants in the U.S. Pacific territories

Kāneʻohe state Sen. Jarrett Keohokalole is challenging U.S. Rep. Ed Case for the Hawaiʻi District 1 seat, which covers most of urban Oʻahu. His announcement comes just two days after Case announced his reelection campaign.

U.S. Rep. Ed Case is running for reelection. This would mark his seventh full term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The leaders of each political party in the House and Senate currently get to appoint four commissioners. Rep. Adrian Tam introduced a measure that would require the Senate to confirm the nominated commissioners.

Lawmakers are considering a measure to instead have people opt out of being registered to vote versus having to opt in.

The use of mail ballots exploded in 2020 as states looked for ways to accommodate voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. But a consistent problem has surfaced since then: Hundreds or even thousands of ballots being rejected because the signatures on the return envelope don't match the ones on file.

In the November election, former South Maui Councilmember Kelly King lost to incumbent Tom Cook by just 97 votes. King and a group of 30 voters filed a lawsuit challenging the results. This week, the Hawai’i Supreme Court upheld the election results and denied King's request for a new election.

The nine-member council officially selected Holeka Goro Inaba as its chair. He said his primary role as chair is to make sure that council hearings operate “in the most efficient, respectful and effective manner.”

Former Maui County Council Chair Kelly King along with 30 other voters are contesting the general election following her loss to Tom Cook. She wants to see the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court invalidate the results and order a new election.