Yesterday, I encouraged readers to Take 2 Minutes to Vote in the 1st Congressional District Special Election. I may have posted prematurely as I didn’t share any tips, reminders, or information about the voting.
Watch for your ballot in the mail. Ballots should have been mailed and you should have received one. If you did not receive a ballot, call the State Office of Elections at 808-453-VOTE (8683). Be reminded that you must live in the First Congressional District to be eligible to vote in this special election.
Be sure to vote for only ONE candidate. Fourteen candidates are listed on the ballot, but be sure to only vote for one. If you choose more than one, your vote will be considered an “overvote” and will not be counted.
Sign the back of the envelope. The signature on the outside envelope is checked against the signature on file with the Office of Elections. If you do not sign the envelope, you vote will not be counted.
Mail back your ballot today! Don’t delay, fill out and mail back your ballot today to ensure your vote counts in this important election. Ballots must be received (not postmarked) by the State Office of Elections by 6 pm on Saturday, May 22.
I would like to note that much of the information above was adapted from a mailing by one of the candidates, but not my preferred candidate. And, I did double-check the information.
Yesterday’s post had an image of the sample ballot to assist you, but I am listing the candidates below in text form, in the same order they are listed on the ballot:
- C. Kaui Jochanan Amsterdam – Republican
- Jim Brewer – No party affiliation
- Vinny Browne – Democrat
- Ed Case – Democrat
- Charles (Google) Collins – Republican
- Douglas Crum – Republican
- Rafael (Del) del Castillo – Democrat
- Charles Djou – Republican
- John (Raghu) Giuffre – Republican
- Colleen Hanabusa – Democrat
- Philmund (Phil) Lee – Democrat
- Karl F. Moseley – No party affiliation
- Kalaeloa Strode – No party affiliation
- Steve Tataii – No party affiliation
Voters also have the option of walk-in voting. From the City & County of Honolulu’s Elections Division website:
Special Election walk-in voting is available at City Hall until Thursday, May 20 (closed on Sunday). 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Whichever way you prefer to vote, you have no excuse for not voting. The Office of Elections has really made it quite easy this time around. As I Tweeted yesterday, “Good citizens DO vote. It’s the bad ones who don’t.” So please, go be a good citizen and cast your vote – even if it’s not for my preferred candidate.
And if you couldn’t vote in this election because you aren’t registered, now is the perfect time to register to vote. Besides, Saturday’s election is just the beginning. There will be another election in 2 months when several of these same candidates will likely face-off with each other again during the Primary Election. The deadline to register to vote for that election is August 19.
Mahalo!
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Anyway thanks for blogging. Keep it up!
I did vote by the way.
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