• Official State Website
• Secretary of State Website
• Absentee Voting Rules Webpage

Who can vote?

• Anyone who is properly registered may vote in any election.
• Only individuals who are United States citizens and residents of Hawaii are qualified to register to vote.
• Incarcerated felons [HRS 831-2] and people adjudicated mentally incompetent are not allowed to vote.

How do you register to vote?

There are several ways to register to vote:

• Fill out the WikiWiki Voter Registration form and mail it in to your county office.
• Visit the Office of the County Clerk where you reside to fill out the WikiWiki Voter Registration.
• When you apply for your driver’s license at the Department of Motor Vehicles the Application for Motor Vehicle Driver’s License also contains a Motor Voter Affidavit on Application for Voter Registration allowing you to simultaneously apply for a driver’s license and register to vote.

Where do you vote?

• You will be notified of your polling place with the Notice of Voter Registration and Address Confirmation (NVRAC) card which your county clerk will mail to you.
• Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. You may also absentee vote at absentee walk-in polling places or by mailing in an absentee ballot if you are unable to make it to the polls on election day.
• Be sure to have your picture ID with a signature on it for verification of your identity. You will be asked to sign a poll book to record that you voted at that polling place. Your Voter Registration Notice is NOT an acceptable form of identification.

Disability Accomodations

• Any voter who requires assistance to vote (by reason of physical, visual, hearing impairment or inability to read or write English) may be given assistance by a person of the voter’s choice, as long as the person who is helping is not the voter’s employer, agent of the employer, or agent of the voter’s union.

Deadlines

• Deadline to register to vote in November 2008 election: October 6, 2008
• Deadline to register for absentee ballot in November 2008 election: October 28, 2008

What to do when you get to the Polling place?

1. Go to the Information and Ballot Demonstration Station located outside the polling place. A precinct official will:

1. Assist voters in checking that their name is on the List of Registered Voters;
2. Verify that the voter is at the correct polling place;
3. Verify that the voter is properly registered; and
4. Instruct the voter in the proper voting procedures.

2. Proceed to the Poll Book Station. Names are arranged in the poll book alphabetically by last name. Go to the alpha line that corresponds to the first letter of your last name. You will be asked to:

1. Verify your identity with a picture ID (such as your driver�s license);
2. Verify the information in the poll book; and
3. Sign the poll book.

3. Ballot Issuing Station: The official at the Ballot Issuing Station will issue you ballots and a ballot secrecy folder. The amount of ballots you receive and the procedures for voting varies according to the type of election (special, primary, or general).

4. Ballot Box Station: Cast your ballot by depositing it into the precinct counter machine.

For more information, contact:

• Office of Elections, State of Hawaii
  802 Lehua Avenue, Pearl City, Hawaii 96782
  (808) 453-VOTE (8683)
  Neighbor Isle Toll-free: (800) 442-VOTE (8683)
  elections@hawaii.gov
• City and County of Honolulu: (808)768-3800
• County of Hawaii: (808)961-8277
• County of Maui: (808)270-7749
• County of Kauai: (808)241-6350

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