RONIT FAHL / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / SEPT. 19 Kimo Alameda, right, and Hawaii island Mayor Mitch Roth face off at a mayoral debate in September at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island.
RONIT FAHL / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / SEPT. 19 Kimo Alameda, right, and Hawaii island Mayor Mitch Roth face off at a mayoral debate in September at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on the Big Island.
Stay updated on Hawaii and national elections coverage The Nov. 5 general election will determine whether voters return former President Donald Trump to the White House or elect Vice President Kamala Harris in this year’s marquee race, which could challenge Hawaii’s low voter turnout in August.
Only 32.3 % of registered voters bothered to cast ballots in the Aug. 10 party primary election.
There were no races for president, governor or lieutenant governor and little Democratic challenge to the three members of Hawaii’s four-person congressional delegation who are still up for reelection.
Three county prosecutors ran unopposed and there was little opposition to Mayor Rick Blangiardi, who won in a landslide and was reelected outright without having to face a challenge this November.
But voter apathy could change with the presidential contest, several close legislative races and a proposed amendment to the Hawaii Constitution that would remove the Legislature’s ability to repeal same-sex marriages in the state.
In 1998, when same-sex marriage was widely opposed, voters gave the Legislature the authority to limit marriages to only couples of opposite sexes. Later, when public opinion had flipped, the Legislature and then-Gov. Neil Abercrombie legalized same-sex marriages in 2013.
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Depending on which county they live in, voters also will choose among several races for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii island mayor, county council seats on Hawaii island, Kauai and all nine Maui County Council seats.
There are a total of 15 charter amendment proposals across all four major counties and a second statewide constitutional amendment that would affect the process to appoint District Court judges.
The most interesting local election pits Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth against Kimo Alameda.
Roth won more votes…
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