Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 33, Number 10, 1 ʻOkakopa 2016 — GUIDE TO VOTING IN HAWAIʻI FROM THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GUIDE TO VOTING IN HAWAIʻI FROM THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS

Looking to leam more about elections and voting in Hawai'i? In every even numbered year, Hawai'i holds a Primary Election in August and a General Election in November. Candidatesforthe Office ot Hawaiian Affairs and county contests also appear on the Primarv Election ballot. All

voters may vote in these contests

regardiess ot party affiliation.

GENERAL ELECTION The General Election is a candidate contest, meaningthatvoters may vote for the candidate of their ehoiee regardless of partisan and nonpartisan affiliation. Voters will select federal, state, county, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs candidates, as well as Constitutional Amendments and Charter Amendments.

OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS ELECTIONS

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) is a public agency responsible forsetting policy and managing the agency's trust. OHA is governed by a nine (9) member Board of Trustees who are elected to their seats to serve fouryear terms. There is no limit on the number of terms a trustee may serve. Candidates for OHA are nominated at the Primary Election and elected at

the General Election. All voters statewide are allowed to vote in eaeh OHA contest.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Hawai'i does not eonducta presidential primary. Qualified political parties provide candidates for president and vice president, as well as electors to represent the party at the Electoral College.The EleetoralCollegeofficiallvelects

the president and vice president of ' the United States.

When voters cast their vote for president and vice

presiuenr, uiey are acruany casung a vote for the slate of electors that has pledged support for that same candidate.The Electoral College is a bodyof electors who meet every presidential election to electthe next presidentand vice presidentof the United States. Eaeh State is allocated a numberof electors equal to the number of its U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives. Hawai'i has four (4) electoral votes out of the 538 electors nationwide.

The Electoral College will be held on: December 19, 2016, 2:00 p.m. SELECTION OF ELECTORS Qualified political parties and parties or groups that complied with the presidential petition requirements of HRS §11-113 shall submit to the chief eleehon officer its electors and alternates, after holding a state party or group convention pursuant to the constitution, bylaws, and rules of the party or group. Members of Congress and employees of the federal government are prohibited from serving as an elector in orderto maintain the halanee befween the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT In Hawai'i, the names of the candidates for president and vice president are used on the ballot in plaee of the electoTs names. The votes cast for president and vice president determine whieh electors meet for the Electoral College.

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT The chosen electors gather at the Electoral College in their respective states to cast their votes for president and vice president. The votes cast atthe Electoral College are sent to the President of the Senate who reads them before a joint session of Congress on January 6th following the general election.The presidential ticket with the majority of votes is declared presidentand vice president. If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes (i.e. 270 out of 538), the U.S. House of Representatives elects the president from the three (3) presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. Eaeh state delegation has one (1) vote.The U.S. Senate elects the vice president from the two (2) vice president candidates with the most electoral votes. Eaeh U.S. Senator casts one (1) vote for vice president. If the U.S. House of Representatives fails to elect a president by lnauguration Day, the vice president elect serves as acting president until the deadlock is resolved in the U.S. House of Representatives. To leam more visit http://elections. hawaii.gov.

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