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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'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.
Hawaii's chief elections officer on Tuesday proposed closing 40 percent 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.
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.
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.
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.
The voting boss folds. After a turbulent two years, the man in charge of Hawaii elections says he is resigning at the end of the month...
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.
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Ray Lewis was recently named 2009 Man of the Year by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society San Diego/Hawaii chapter. Photo: Jon Clark By Arthur Lightbourn Contributor At the time, attorney Ramon (Ray) Lewis was in his early 30s and feeling fine, but, urged by his wife, he agreed to go for what he thought would be a routine physical exam. As it turned out, the results were anything but "routine." After ...