More options, all the marbles on Nov. 4
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GENERAL ELECTION
The general election/Maui County second special election will be held from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 4.
Candidates on the ballot will be:
U.S. President/Vice President
Chuck Baldwin/Darrell L. Castle (Constitution)
Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root (Libertarian)
John McCain/Sarah Palin(Republican)
Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente (Green)
Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (Independent)
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Democratic)
U.S. Representative, District 2
Roger Evans (Republican)
* Mazie Hirono (Democrat)
Lloyd J. Mallan (Libertarian)
Shaun Stenshol (Independent)
State Senate, District 5 (West, South Maui)
* Roz Baker (Democrat)
Jan Shields (Republican)
District 6 (East Maui, Upcountry, Molokai, Lanai)
John Blumer-Buell (Independent)
* J. Kalani English (Democrat)
District 9 (Kahului, Lower Paia)
Henry P. Kahula Jr. (Republican)
* Bob Nakasone (Democrat)
District 10 (West Maui)
Ramon K. Madden (Republican)
*Angus McKelvey (Democrat)
District 11 (South Maui)
*Joe Bertram III (Democrat)
George R. Fontaine (Republican)
District 12 (Upcountry)
Mickey Vierra (Republican)
* Kyle Yamashita (Democrat)
Maui County Council
East Maui residency
Lucienne de Naie
* Bill (Kauakea) Medeiros
Kahului residency
Netra Halperin
* Joe Pontanilla
Makawao-Haiku-Paia residency
* Mike Molina
Kai Nishiki
Upcountry residency
* Gladys Coelho Baisa
Michael Howden
Lanai residency
Sol Kaho'ohalahala
John W. Ornellas
South Maui residency
Don Couch
Wayne Nishiki
West Maui residency
Alan Fukuyama
* Jo Anne Johnson
Wailuku residency
* Michael (Mike) Victorino
Molokai residency
* Danny A. Mateo
Board of Education
Hawaii District residency
J. William (Bill) Sanborn
* Herbert S. Watanabe
Kauai District residency
* Maggie Cox
Larry Fillhart
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Hawaii Island trustee
* Bob K. Lindsey
William (Willy) Meyers
Kauai Island trustee
* Donald B. Cataluna
Molokai Island trustee
* Colette Y. Piipii Machado
Waipa Purdy
No island residency
* Haunani Apoliona
Helene S.M. Honda
Colin C. Kippen
Sol Nalua'i
* Incumbents
+ Maui County Council, Board of Education and Office of Hawaiian Affairs elections are nonpartisan, with most races requiring candidates to be residents of a specific region, although all voters may participate in electing the candidates.
WAILUKU - With the state and county races sorted out in the results of the primary/county first special election on Saturday, the choices for voters get even wider Nov. 4.
The general election/second special election ballot will be longer, with nine County Council seats to be decided, as well as two Board of Education seats and four seats for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs - although several council and OHA seats have incumbents who have no challengers.
There also will be six choices on the presidential/vice presidential race on the Hawaii ballot, with the Constitution Party, Green Party, Independent Party and Libertarian Party all qualifying along with the two major national parties. In the case of the presidential election, the ballot will show the names of the candidates although voters technically are selecting the electors for the party. Hawaii will have four of the 538 electors who will select the president and vice president; 270 electoral votes are required for the majority.
Voters who already know their preferences, or who won't be able to get to their polling place on Nov. 4, will be able to vote by mail or as walk-in absentee voters.
Requests for mail ballots may be made now with the Maui County Clerk's office, 200 S. High St., Room 702, Wailuku 96793. Call 270-7749 for information or go to www.hawaii.gov/elections. Requests for mail ballots will be accepted until Oct. 28; the ballots must be returned to the Maui County Elections Office before 6 p.m. Nov. 4.
Walk-in absentee voting will be held Oct. 21 through Nov. 1. In Maui County, walk-in polling sites will be set up at the County Clerk's Office in Wailuku, at the Lahaina Civic Center and at the Mitchell Pauole Center in Kaunakakai.
For U.S. citizens who haven't registered to vote, the deadline to register for the general election is Oct. 6. Any citizen who will be at least 18 years old Nov. 4 may register at the County Clerk's Office, or with deputized voter registrars.
Voters who have changed their residence, their mailing address or their name since the 2006 election must re-register at their current residence with the county Elections Office.
For the Maui County Council, Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Board of Education, voters will be voting on all races on the ballot, even where the candidates are required to be residents of specific districts. The County Council is divided into nine residency districts. There will be two BOE seats subject to residency requirements and three OHA seats subject to residency requirements as well as a no-residency seat for OHA on the ballot.
