WATCH: KHON-TV News story--Storm postpones election for 2 Big Island polling places. Chief Election Officer Scott Nago, in consultation with the State Attorney General, Hawaii County Civil Defense and the Office of the County Clerk, announced the postponement of the primary election for two polling places in the County of Hawaii. Roads leading to Hawaii Paradise Community Center (04-01) and Keoneopoko Elementary School (04-02) polling places are closed. “According to Hawaii County Civil Defense, the damage to roadways have left some communities in Puna isolated,” Nago said. Nago noted that voting in the rescheduled election will be done by absentee ballot. He will be working closely with the Office of the County Clerk to develop a timeline for when ballots will be provided to voters in the affected polling places. However, votes cast by absentee ballot for these polling places will be counted and included with Saturday’s election results, in accordance with state law. With the exception of these two polling places, the primary election will move forward. Polls open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. According to State Attorney General David Louie, the postponement will not affect the reporting, the tabulation and the distribution of the results from the rest of the state. “The law which was passed by our legislature deals with this and says no, you just go forward and you report because you’ll have those results,” he said. “It’s sort of like in Hawaii where the presidential election occurs, sometimes Hawaii is the last one and then our results are distributed and they may or may not matter. In a close race, they can matter,” Louie continued. “For local elections, these votes of these people in these communities can matter. So the elections chief is going to be assessing, watching this very closely and then as soon as we can, we’ll release further information.” #HINews #HawaiiNews #808News #Iselle #gophawaii Watch video and read more here: khon2/2014/08/08/storm-postpones-election-for-2-big-island-polling-places/
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 03:37:57 +0000
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