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The state Office of Elections hopes to complete as early as next month the first major revision since 2000 of the rules governing how elections are held in Hawaii.
Hawaii Democratic Party Chairman Brian Schatz announced he is stepping down from the post early next year, but declined to reveal his future political plans.
Hawaii Democratic Party Chairman Brian Schatz steps down for what appears to be a run for office.
Hawai'i residents have registered guns at a record pace for each of the past four years, and appear headed for a new high again this year, preliminary figures show. Nearly 26,000 firearms — an annual record — were registered with the four county police departments during 2008.
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HONOLULU (AP) — The state Elections Commission has accepted the resignation of elections chief Kevin Cronin, but his plan to close 97 polling places in next year's balloting moved forward anyway.
Hawaii may be the birthplace of President Barack Obama and one of the nation's Democratic strongholds, but Republicans have picked Honolulu as the site of their winter national committee meeting.
The resignation of Hawaii chief elections officer prompts debate about managing the state's system.
Hawaii's chief elections officer on Tuesday proposed closing more than a quarter of the state's polling places in response to deep budget cuts imposed by the Legislature and the state's governor. Then he abruptly resigned.
HONOLULU (AP) — Budget cuts may force the state Elections Office to close 40 percent of the state's polling places for next year's gubernatorial and other major elections.
Kevin Cronin, Hawaii's embattled chief elections officer, informed the state Elections Commission yesterday that he intends to resign at the end of the year.