Updated at 4:29 p.m., Tuesday, November 7, 2006
NI officials warn campaigners to stay clear of sites
Advertiser Staff
Big Island election officials needed to warn political campaigners this morning to stay clear of voting sites, but otherwise, Neighbor Island voting appeared to be proceeding without notable difficulties, county officials said."It's going relatively smoothly, although we have some issues with electioneering," said Big Island County Clerk Connie Kiriu.
Maui elections chief Shirley Magarifuji said that there were no particular problems, but that voting appeared to start off slowly on her island.
On Kaua'i, by contrast, voters were lined up at some polling places well before the polls opened at 7 a.m.
"It seemed to be a real rush, but that's dying out now," Kaua'i County Clerk said about 9 a.m. "I think that was probably people who had to go to work today."
One of the key issues for elections teams on Maui and Hawai'i was the impact of last month's earthquake.
Maui voters established a special polling place last week for residents isolated by landslides.
And on the Big Island, three polling places needed to be changed due to damage to the structures where the voting had been scheduled to occur.
