Maui relies heavily on mail voting
Federal changes blocked ahead of November election Most Hawaii voters have been skipping the polls and voting from the comfort of their homes since the state moved to an all-mail election system in 2020, making the systems designed to safeguard the state’s elections more consequential than ever. Maui has relied heavily on the vote-by-mail system for the past six years. In the 2024 general election, 57,681 ballots were counted through the mail compared with 5,860 in-person votes — meaning roughly 91% of voters who cast a ballot did so through the mail. But that system is facing new ...