Updated at 4:11 p.m., Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Voter turnout increasing as day wears on
Advertiser Staff
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U.S. Senatorial incumbent Daniel Akaka, left, shakes hands with longtime friend Harry Park while visiting Shirokiya on a soft campaign stop at Ala Moana this morning.
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Senate Republican candidate Cynthia Thielen gave the thumbs up to morning rush hour commuters on the Pali today.
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Bob Hogue, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, shakes hands with Kailua residents Barbara and Victor Osurman in Kailua today.
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Mazie Hirono, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, shakes hands with Kelly Park of Hawaii Kai at the Kaneohe Zippy's Restaurant. Erin Yoshino of Kaneohe looks on.
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As a voter uses the traditional paper ballot method in the booth at left, Paul Kaneshiro of Waimanalo tries the electronic voting machine at Waimanalo Elementary.
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Statewide voter turnout increased through the day as elections officials readied poll workers for the after-work crowd.
By 2 p.m., the statewide voter turnout average was 22 percent — up from 12 percent at mid-morning, said state elections office spokesman Rex Quidilla.
But turnout for the same period during the 2004 general was higher — 30 percent, he said.
Hawaii County led the state with 24 percent of voters tallied by the early afternoon benchmark.
Maui County was next with 22 percent and then Kauai County with 21 percent.
Honolulu reported 20 percent of voters casting ballots. Elections officials would not make predictions based on that trend, Quidilla said.
"It is a traffic indicator more than anything," he said. The polls close at 6 p.m.
