2008 County of Hawaii Election Results
Well as November 4th turns into just another day and Wednesday November 5th becomes today, we find ourselves in a sad state. Hawaii had 691,356 people who registered to vote. There was probably a couple hundred thousand more eligible. Of these almost 700,000 people, only 447,416 of them voted. Probably one half of the eligible population.
On the Big Island, less then 70,000 people voted in the mayoral race, again probably half of the eligible population.
Our Mayor will have such a huge impact on our future, it is hard for me to respect the decision not to vote in the latest election.
The funny thing is that the people who didn't vote are more then likely the ones that complain the most about the way that the government is. In a democracy we are supposed to use our votes to express our voices, it is sad that so many have lost faith in the system to the point that they don't even vote.
Enough commentary.
In the race for Mayor, County of Hawaii: Billy Kenoi won, with almost 56% of the vote.
Candidate.........Votes..... Percent
KENOI, Billy ......37,362.....55.6%
PILAGO, K. Angel...27,505.....40.9%
In the three remaining county council races, only Dennis Onishi ran away with the victory.
Councilmember, Dist 4
Candidats................Votes......Percent
ONISHI, Dennis (Fresh)....3,646.......64.7%
BACLIG, Andres (Andy).....1,989.......35.3%
Councilmember, Dist 5
Candidates..........Votes.......Percent
NAEOLE, Emily I. .....4,127.......53.31%
SAFARIK, Gary S. .....3,615.......46.69%
Councilmember, Dist 8
Candidate.........Votes.......Percent
GREENWELL, Kelly....3,658.......54.6%
HECHT, Debbie.......3,042.......45.4%
Next we have the Hawaii County Charter Amendments. Remember it took a majority percentage of for of yes votes to win, blanks counted as no.
Hawaii: Windward and Leeward Planning Commissions
......Votes....Percent
YES....38,251....56.91%
NO......22,374......33.29%
BLANK......6,587......9.8%
Hawaii: Initiative and Referendum
......Votes......Percent
YES......32,668......48.6%
NO........22,955......34.15%
BLANK......11,593......17.25%
Hawaii: Office of the Legislative Auditor
......Votes......Percent
YES......28,003......41.66%
NO......27,582......41.03%
BLANK......11,639......17.31%
Hawaii: Civil and Criminal Penalties
......Votes......Percent
YES......36,914......54.92%
NO........20,840......31.01%
BLANK......9,458......14.07%
Hawaii: Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis
......Votes......Percent
YES......35,682......53.1%
NO......25,937......38.6%
BLANK......5,582......8.31%
Finally we have the State Constitution Questions. We will not have a constitutional convention, and the qualifying age to be our governor stays at 35.
We will have the full list of elected officials, their offices and contact information up soon.
