But there’s a catch. The Nov. 3 ballot measure includes a requirement that the Legislature approve this departure from traditional voting.

Voters will have the opportunity to make the penalty for impeachment on par with the penalty for being recalled by voters.

The proposal will be one of 20 ballot measures for Honolulu voters to weigh.

Hawaiʻi lawmakers, even the progressive ones, have not embraced voting reforms including ranked choice.

The decision follows a Circuit Court ruling stating the council chair could not seek a third term. But another legal challenge may be coming.

It’s unclear what this means for voters who have already voted for Tommy Waters in the primary election.

The decision may mark the end of a protracted battle over how to handle the island’s thousands of empty homes in the midst of a severe housing crisis.

Ranked choice voting is a tangible, workable first step that voters can actually take.

The Honolulu Charter Commission has vetted hundreds of proposals. There are still a few on the table.

Honolulu Council Chair Tommy Waters is taking advantage of an ambiguity in the City Charter and hoping the courts don’t rule against his effort to get reelected.