Years Of Shortchanging Elections Led To Honolulu's Long Voter Lines

Years Of Shortchanging Elections Led To Honolulu’s Long Voter Lines

Voters at Honolulu Hale on King Street in Honolulu were met with Poll workers as they drove through the election only lane that had been set aside and coned to allow drivers to either hand off their ballots to Poll workers or drop them into several Ballot boxes placed and manned along King Street. The lines snaked around the rear of Honolulu Hale, out to the walkway in the rear and then went all the way to Ala Wai and back providing wait times in excess of 2 hours (David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024)

In May 2021, city clerk Glen Takahashi stood before the Honolulu City Council in a hearing to explain why he should keep his job. One of the city clerk’s jobs is to oversee elections on Oahu, and this hearing came just seven months after the 2020 general election where voters waited for hours to cast … Continue reading Years Of Shortchanging Elections Led To Honolulu’s Long Voter Lines