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Commission presses Office of Elections for transfer logs, legal clarity on opening envelopes for audits
Summary
After extensive public testimony about chain-of-custody gaps, the commission voted to request Hawaii County transfer logs, seek a written legal opinion from the deputy attorney general about unsealing envelopes/ballots during the federal 22-month preservation period, and to pursue legislative funding for an outside audit of Hawaii County.
HILO — The Hawaii Elections Commission took several actions Feb. 4 aimed at resolving longstanding questions about chain of custody for mail ballots from the 2024 general election.
Commissioners voted to request that the chief elections officer and Hawaii County produce transfer logs that document how many returned ballot envelopes were delivered from the county to the state counting center. The motion was prompted by testimony and reports describing apparent discrepancies between county counts, post office business-reply-mail tallies, and entries in the statewide voter registration system.
After hours of public testimony highlighting missing or incomplete envelope…
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