Absentee voting sites open until Saturday

Advertiser Staff

Walk-in absentee voting sites on five islands will be open through Saturday as more Hawai'i residents take advantage of the opportunity to vote early.

Any registered voter can vote early at a walk-in site. No special reason is needed.

For the primary election, one in four voters cast absentee ballots, either by mail or at walk-in sites.

Here are locations of walk-in absentee voting sites:

• O'ahu: Honolulu Hale, satellite city halls in Pearlridge Center and in Windward Mall on the second floor next to Sears, and at the Koko Marina Center in Hawai'i Kai, Building D Room 202.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Saturday at all locations except Pearlridge, which is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday and opens at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

• Big Island: Hilo County Building, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Saturday; the Waimea Community Center, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow and until 4 p.m. Friday; Keauhou Shopping Center Phase II, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow and until 4 p.m. on Friday; Pahala Community Center, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. through Friday; and the North Kohala District Courthouse, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. through Friday.

• Maui: At the Wailuku County Building, seventh floor, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Saturday.

• Moloka'i: At the Mitchell Pauole Center in Kaunakakai from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. through Friday.

• Kaua'i: In the Lihu'e County Building from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Saturday.