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County clerk tells Elections Commission he sees no discrepancy as commissioners press for USPS receipts and SVRS logs
Summary
Hawaii County Clerk John Henricks told the state Elections Commission on May 6 that the county’s records do not show a gap in ballot handling, even as public testifiers and several commissioners pressed him to produce USPS BRM receipts, SVRS daily logs and transfer records tied to a reported ~19,000-envelope discrepancy.
John Henricks, Hawaii County clerk, appeared before the Hawaii Elections Commission on May 6 to answer questions about reported discrepancies between county collection records and statewide counts for the 2024 election.
Several public testifiers and commissioners pressed Henricks for documentation that might reconcile the difference public speakers described as roughly 19,000 ballot envelopes. Henricks said the county provided “the hard copies that were readily retrievable” and that some USPS business-reply-mail (BRM) statements and invoices are available through a postal online portal rather than as daily hard-copy receipts. “There is no discrepancy,” Henricks told the commission when asked whether he had requested full BRM reports.
Public witnesses and commission members disputed that account. Election oversight advocate Doug…
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