COH - Office of the County Clerk

COH - Office of the County Clerk The Office of the County Clerk is responsible for Legislative Branch administrative operations.

๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•A press release from the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐“๐„ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„July...
07/24/2026

๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

A press release from the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections

๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐“๐„ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„
July 24, 2026

๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ โ€“ From July 27 through August 8, voter service centers will be open to provide in-person election services, including voter registration and accessible voting.

To beat the long lines on August 8, officials urge voters to take advantage of the opportunity to vote early.

Chief Election Officer Scott Nago explains, โ€œWe encourage Hawaii voters to adopt the mindset that voting is no longer a single-day event. Instead, voters now have an extended window of time if they want to vote in person.โ€

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ
โ€ข Voter service centers are open July 27 โ€“ August 8, 2026.

โ€ข A full list of locations and hours is available at https://elections.hawaii.gov/

โ€ข Save time by registering or updating your voter information using the Online Voter Registration System at https://elections.hawaii.gov/ before you arrive.

โ€ข Review the Voter Guide at https://elections.hawaii.gov/ ahead of your visit to learn about the candidates.

โ€ข Each center is equipped with accessible ballot-marking devices that allow voters to cast their ballot independently using features such audio assistance.

โ€ข Voting closes at 7:00 PM on Election Day, Saturday, August 8, 2026. To ensure your vote is counted, you must be in line at a voter service center by 7:00 PM, or your voted mail ballot must be received by the deadline (postmarks are not accepted).

For all your official election information, visit https://elections.hawaii.gov/ or call (808) 453-VOTE (8683).

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About the Office of Elections
The Office of Elections is an attached agency within the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS). It consists of 22 full-time employees and oversees the statewide implementation of elections and is responsible for printing ballots, counting ballots, and voter education. To learn more about elections, visit https://elections.hawaii.gov/

State of Hawaii

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐Join us as we broadcast live from the West Hawaiสปi Civic Center for the 45th...
07/23/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐

Join us as we broadcast live from the West Hawaiสปi Civic Center for the 45th Session of the Hawaiสปi County Council starting at 9:00 a.m. Click to view the live stream and agenda: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6844/228

๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ - ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Good morning! The following Hawaiสปi County Council Committees are s...
07/22/2026

๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ - ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Good morning! The following Hawaiสปi County Council Committees are scheduled for today:

โ€ข 9:00 a.m. Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
โ€ข 10:00 a.m. Finance Committee
โ€ข 11:30 a.m. Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development
โ€ข 1:30 p.m. Communications, Reports, and Council Oversight Committee

The link below will take you to the County Calendar where you may view testimony received and join our live stream as we broadcast from the West Hawaiสปi Civic Center. Mahalo!
https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6840/228

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘The Hawaiสปi County Council will hold Committee and Council meetings next ...
07/18/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

The Hawaiสปi County Council will hold Committee and Council meetings next week Wednesday and Thursday, July 22-23, 2026. Check out the agenda links below!

July 22: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6840/228
โ€ข 9:00 a.m. Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
โ€ข 10:00 a.m. Finance Committee 10:00 a.m.
โ€ข 11:30 a.m. Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development
โ€ข 1:30 p.m. Communications, Reports, and Council Oversight Committee

July 23, 9:00 a.m., Council https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6844/228

๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ข ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸA press release from the State of Hawaii, Office of Election...
07/17/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ข ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

A press release from the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections

๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐“๐„ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„
July 14, 2026

๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ข ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ - Hawaii voters can expect to receive their ballot in the mail for the 2026 Primary Election by Tuesday, July 21.

Keep the following in mind as you prepare to vote:

๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ
โ€ข Sign your ballot return envelope. Your signature is required for your ballot to be accepted.

โ€ข Return your ballot as soon as possible. Ballots must be received, not postmarked, by 7:00 PM on August 8, 2026. Ballots received after the deadline cannot be counted.

โ€ข Track your ballot. Sign up for free ballot notifications at https://elections.hawaii.gov/ or call (808) 453-VOTE (8683) for assistance with enrolling. Youโ€™ll be alerted when your ballot is mailed to you and when your voted ballot has been accepted for counting.

๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ
โ€ข To request a replacement ballot. If you make a mistake on your ballot, do not attempt to correct it. Instructions are provided on your ballot on how to request a replacement.

โ€ข To update your residence or mailing address. Ballots are only sent to active voters. If you have moved or changed your mailing address since the 2024 Elections, you need to update your registration. Update online at https://elections.hawaii.gov/ or complete a paper Voter Registration Application available at all state libraries and post offices.

๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
โ€ข Accessible voting options are available for voters in need of assistance casting their ballot. You can request an electronic ballot or visit a voter service center to cast your ballot using accessible voting equipment.

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About the Office of Elections
The Office of Elections is an attached agency within the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS). It consists of 22 full-time employees and oversees the statewide implementation of elections and is responsible for printing ballots, counting ballots, and voter education. To learn more about elections, visit https://elections.hawaii.gov/

State of Hawaii

๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐คClick to view the actions taken by the Hawaiสปi County Council at ...
07/17/2026

๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค

Click to view the actions taken by the Hawaiสปi County Council at meetings held on July 7 and 8, 2026:

Finance Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=1132503&dbid=0&repo=ClerkCouncil
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Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=1132550&dbid=0&repo=ClerkCouncil
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Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=1132549&dbid=0&repo=ClerkCouncil
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Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=1132556&dbid=0&repo=ClerkCouncil
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Communications, Reports, and Council Oversight Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=1132547&dbid=0&repo=ClerkCouncil
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Council
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=1132679&dbid=0&repo=ClerkCouncil

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ - ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Click on the links below to view the actions taken by your Hawaiสปi Cou...
06/21/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ - ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Click on the links below to view the actions taken by your Hawaiสปi County Council at meetings held this week.

Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131767/Page1.aspx
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Finance Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131763/Page1.aspx
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Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131775/Page1.aspx
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Council
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131807/Page1.aspx

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•. ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง!Join us as we broadcast live from the West Hawaiสปi Civic Cen...
06/17/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•. ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง!

Join us as we broadcast live from the West Hawaiสปi Civic Center for the 43rd Session of the Hawaiสปi County Council starting at 9:00 a.m.

Click to view the live stream and agenda: https://hawaiicounty.granicus.com/player/event/2024?view_id=1&redirect=true

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ— ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”Good morning!  We hope you can join us for todayโ€™s events.  To vie...
06/16/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ— ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

Good morning! We hope you can join us for todayโ€™s events. To view the livestream, go to: https://hawaiicounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1
Mahalo!

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”The Hawaiสปi County Council will hold Committee and Council meeting...
06/13/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

The Hawaiสปi County Council will hold Committee and Council meetings next week. The schedule and links to the agendas are listed below. Mahalo!

Tuesday, June 16: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6791/17
โ€ข 9:00 a.m. Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
โ€ข 10:30 a.m. Finance Committee
โ€ข 12:00 p.m. Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development
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Wednesday, June 17: Council https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1131513

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