Maui Election

Elections officials are carrying out contingency plans as an advancing lava flow is expected to cut off access to the Pāhoa Community Center polling place for some residents on Hawaiʻi Island.

The Maui County Democratic Party will host its traditional Grand Rally at the Ige-Tsutsui Headquarters located in the Kahului Shopping Center on Thursday, Oct. 30 starting at 5:30 p.m.

The rally comes ahead of the November 4 general election, in which voters will be given the opportunity to vote for or against the initiative.

Individuals in attendance will have a chance to have up close and personal interaction with candidates, while building awareness of West Maui issues.

Early walk-in voting begins at selected sites throughout the state on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. The early walk-in voting will be available through Saturday, Nov. 1, and is available for registered voters who want to vote early instead of going to their polling site on election day.

The Board of Directors and Political Action Committee of the Maui Hotel & Lodging Association announced their Maui candidate endorsements for the upcoming General Election.

Gubernatorial candidates running in the 2014 general election fielded questions on Maui relating to Native Hawaiian Governance, delays in construction of the Kīhei High School, and their thoughts on affordable housing.

Maui county council candidates clarified their stance on the proposed GMO moratorium during a candidate forum hosted by the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce during their 2014 Business Fest.

The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset will host a mayoral forum featuring incumbent Alan Arakawa, and challenger Tamara Paltin on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014.

The state Office of Elections and County Clerks of Hawaiʻi reminds individuals that the last day to register to vote in the general election is Monday, Oct. 6, 2014.

Political activist Karen Chun of Maui has filed a complaint with the Hawaiʻi Campaign Spending Commission alleging that the Hawaiʻi Carpenters Recovery Market Fund has violated state law by not disclosing the original source of their funds.

The amendment seeks to add agricultural enterprises to the list of industries that can access special purpose revenue bonds.

An initiative seeking a moratorium on genetically engineered organisms will remain on the general election ballot in November following a ruling on Monday.

A group that supports GMO farming on Maui has filed a lawsuit in Second Circuit court seeking the removal of a GMO initiative from the November ballot.

The proposed charter amendment questions for Maui relate to the affordable housing fund, penalties for charter violations, and an initiative that seeks to ban the cultivation of genetically engineered organisms in the county.

The Maui County Democratic Party will host a general election kick-off rally at the Maui Waena Intermediate School Cafeteria on Thursday, September 4 starting at 5:30 p.m.

Mayoral Candidate Nelson Waikiki Jr. filed a lawsuit against state Elections Chief Scott Nago, contesting the results of the election. It was among three separate challenges to the primary election that were dismissed by the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court.

The group was comprised of several Chamber members, the majority of which are business owners, who interviewed candidates for state and county offices.

A lawsuit was filed in state Supreme Court today challenging the make-up election held on Friday, August 15, for two Hawaiʻi Island precincts that were closed on primary election day due to the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Iselle.

Key races remained unchanged after Friday night’s make-up election for two precincts on Hawaiʻi Island that were impacted by Tropical Cyclone Iselle, and the addition of 800 absentee ballots on Maui that were unaccounted for in Saturday’s Primary.