I Voted!

Did you? Hawai'i is an all mail-in ballot state. Ballots must be received at the Office of the County Clerk by 7 pm on November 5th, so they tell you to put it in the mail by the 1st. Or drop it in a ballot drop box by 7 pm on the 5th. Rather than trust the mail, I opted to put it in the drop box; for the North Kohala district the box is located at the Kapaʻau police station.

Since the drop box is located right outside the main door of the police station, & the opening is very narrow (about half an inch), I don't think there will be any problems with people trying to start a fire in the drop box like in Oregon & Washington. I thought that was pretty cool that the Oregon election officials had planned for a potential fire in the box & had a fire suppression system inside the drop box. Apparently only 3 ballots were so damaged that the voter needed another ballot. The 2 boxes in Washington also had fire suppression systems but one malfunctioned & several hundred ballots were lost.

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I also signed up for BallotTrax so I can make sure my ballot is received at the County Clerk's office. Right now it only shows that I have received my ballot. I don't know how often they unload the box & take the ballots to Hilo.

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Manu & Aimee!