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Elections commission asks state auditor to begin audit starting with Big Island and forms chain‑of‑custody PIG
Summary
After hours of public testimony on vote‑by‑mail and chain‑of‑custody gaps, the Hawaii Elections Commission voted Dec. 3 to ask the state auditor to audit the 2024 general election beginning with Hawaii (Big) Island and formed a permitted‑interaction group to work with county clerks on daily reporting and chain‑of‑custody procedures.
The Hawaii Elections Commission voted Wednesday to ask State Auditor Michael Kondo to audit the 2024 general election, asking him to start with Hawaii (Big) Island and use that review to shape any wider statewide audit. The commission also formed a permitted‑interaction group to work with county clerks on chain‑of‑custody documentation and daily reporting.
The votes followed more than three hours of public testimony, with dozens of residents, election observers and officials debating whether universal mail‑in voting should be rolled back and whether counties kept sufficient records to reconcile envelopes collected with ballots counted. Representative Garner Shimizu, reading the permitted‑interaction group report, told the commission that investigators found “no logs or…
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