RBH
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« on: February 20, 2010, 01:14:54 AM » |
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Niihau's full results are bloc-a-riffic.
President: McCain 35, Obama 4, McKinney 1, 1 over vote
Congress: Evans 33, Hirono 7, 1 blank
State Senate: Georgi 37, Hooser 3, 1 blank
BOE Hawaii: Watanbe 6, Sanborn 2, 33 blanks
BOE Kauai: Cox 9, 32 blanks
OHA At-Large: Apoliona 3, Kippen 1, 37 blanks
OHA Hawaii: Lindsey 1, Meyers 1, 39 blanks
OHA Kauai: Cataluna 39, 2 blanks
OHA Molokai: Machado 2, 39 blanks
Kauai Mayor: Carvalho 39, Yukimura 1, 1 blank
Kauai Council (7 to be elected): Kouchi 36, Kawakami 35, Kaneshiro 5, Kealoha 3, Libre 3, Asing 2, Chang 2, Kawahara 2, Bynum 1, Furfaro 1, Kualii 1, Thronas 1, 195 blanks (an average of 4.7 blank spots out of 7, for all 41 voters)
Constitutional Convention: 34-6 Yes (failed on Kauai)
Age Qualification: 41-0 No (failed on Kauai)
Kauai (Relating to County Elections): 39-2 Yes (passed on Kauai)
Kauai (Relating to County Council Executive Meetings): 40-1 Yes (passed on Kauai)
Kauai (Relating to Boards and Commissions): 38-3 Yes (failed on Kauai)
Kauai (Relating to the Disclosure of Interests): 40-1 No (passed on Kauai)
Kauai (Relating to the Office of the County Auditor): 40-1 Yes (passed on Kauai)
Kauai (Relating to the Implementation of the General Plan): 39-0 Yes (passed on Kauai)
the blank vote percentage total on Kauai
President: 0.9% (251)
Congress: 11.5% (3153)
State Senator: 8.9% (2451)
BOE Hawaii: 38.1% (10487)
BOE Kauai: 25.9% (7120)
OHA At-Large: 43.9% (12083)
OHA Hawaii: 59% (16220)
OHA Kauai: 44.2% (12158) - uncontested race
OHA Molokai: 61.1% (16806)
Kauai Mayor: 3.4% (932)
Kauai Council: 29.3% (56395, an average of two blank spots per voter)
Cons. Convention: 8.6% (2364)
Age Qualification: 8.8% (2418)
Kauai County Elections: 12.9% (3555)
Kauai County Council Exec Meetings: 11.8% (3256)
Kauai Boards & Commissions: 16.1% (4419)
Kauai Disclosure of Interests: 13.9% (3809)
Kauai County Auditor: 14.9% (4110)
Kauai General Plan: 20.2% (5550)
The voting on Niihue smells of either heavy bloc voting or daisy chain voting (where someone outside the booth marks ballots for voters and they bring out the unmarked ballot they got to be marked by the person). I will note that nobody's really going to get nailed for fraud in a precinct where 40 votes are cast. Since it'd cost more to prosecute than it's really worth.
Granted, there's the matter that phones, radios, and televisions aren't allowed on Niihue and nobody can visit without permission. And the thing where if anybody raised a fuss, they'd probably lose their houses since one family owns the entire island.
Always good to have reminders of how our republic has some pretty questionable areas in regards to voting.
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