There is no mass voter fraud in the state.” Democrat commissioners and elections officials said there’s no merit to the claims of discrepancies in mail-in voting.

Hawaii’s mail-in voting system works and is here to stay. That message was from several state lawmakers, after the election commission voted to get rid of it, citing a lack of integrity.

The state elections commission has voted to ask the legislature to ban mail-in and early voting and return to traditional in-person voting on Election Day.

The state Elections Commission has asked the Legislature to revert to in-person, same-day voting. But experts say voting by mail is safe and popular.

State lawmakers and voting­-rights advocates gathered at the state Capitol on Thursday to oppose a recent recommendation from the Hawaii Elections Commission to eliminate universal mail-in voting and return to single-day,

The state Campaign Spending Commission is working on a public funding bill this year to incentivize more candidates to request funding.

The state Legislature will be asked to ban wildly popular mail-in voting and return to one-day, in-person voting as a majority of Hawaii Elections Commission members continue to echo election doubts repeated by President Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters since his 2020 reelection defeat.

While this is not a presidential election year, several key races and local ballot measures are being decided., US News, Times Now

WAILUKU (KHON2) — On Saturday, Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen announced he is seeking re-election in 2026. “I want to announce that I will be seeking re-election as mayor of Maui County in 2026,” he told KHON2 on Saturday. Mayor Bissen took office as Mayor in January 2023.