Posted at 3:53 p.m., Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Voter turnout increasing as day wears on
Advertiser Staff
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.
