Cast your vote
The State of Hawaiʻi votes by mail in 2020. Voters will be mailed a ballot 18 days prior to Election Day. The Primary Election will be held August 8, 2020, and the General Election will be held November 3, 2020.
Now is a good time to familiarize yourself with the candidates and their platforms.
The Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi Political Action Committee has published its KOHO PONO report card in the Ka Wai Ola newspaper of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. You may also find it at the website kalahuihawaiipoliticalactioncommittee.net.
This report card gives letter grades to legislators for the way they voted on issues that affect Hawaiians. It also contains legislators’ comments beyond a yes or no answer to questions posed by KPAC.
Are you registered?
To register to vote, or to update your information, go to the website https://elections.hawaii.gov/.
The deadline to register is July 9, 2020, for the Primary and October 5, 2020, for the General.
Many races have multiple candidates, and only some candidates will advance to the general. If people don’t vote for their preferred candidates In the Primary Election, they might not make it to the General Election.
Campaigns for these political races are ongoing:
- National (U.S.)
- Congressional (HawaiʻI) Senate and House of Representatives
- State
- Mayoral (Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Maui, Hawaiʻi)
- City Council & Country Council
- Prosecutor
- Office of Hawaiian Affairs
According to Leiānuenue Niheu, chair of the Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi Political Action Committee:
“We have aloha for everyone running for public office in the upcoming Primary Election 2020. The personal testimony submission, endorsement, support, kakoʻo, balota of the individual members of the Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi Political Action Committee do not reflect the opinions, actions and positions of the Officers of the Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi Political Action Committee, and the Steering Committee members, a.k.a. KLH Ke Komike Kalaiaina. KPAC does not endorse any candidate, but it does offer information.”
~ Rebekah Luke
Ka Lahui Hawaii 