After finding major discrepancies in how many Kauaʻi ballots were cast, a state commission is looking at the Big Island numbers.

Third-party candidates generally don’t do well in Hawaiʻi where political trust is built on relationships.

A state Elections Commission subcommittee found evidence that the state counted hundreds more ballots than were cast on Kauaʻi.

He was one of just four Democrats voting with all Republicans to pass the SAVE Act. Rep. Jill Tokuda calls the legislation an act of voter suppression.

Is the commission still able to do its job amid unceasing questions about election fairness, continued calls to fire top officials and hours-long meetings plagued by infighting?

Nicholas Ochs was accused of throwing a smoke grenade toward police while Alexander Poplin is alleged to have beat an officer with a flag pole.

A lost ballot is annoying enough, but perhaps our elections are too intertwined with a service that could end up being privatized.

The use of mail ballots exploded in 2020 as states looked for ways to accommodate voters during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mayor Mitch Roth lost the endorsements of the state’s biggest public worker union but has maintained support from several others.

The former state legislator complained he is being singled out by the commission and that his case has been mishandled.