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Common Cause Hawaii: Election Night is Not Results Night
Election officials expect to have over five hundred thousand ballots to count if 2020 turnout numbers hold
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Ariana Marmolejo
Regional Communications Strategist (West)
amarmolejo@commoncause.org
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CivilBeat: Common Cause Hawaii’s OpEd calling for more voter service centers
Vote-by-mail is coming to Hawaii in 2020, due to a law passed by the 2019 Hawaii State Legislature. Hawaii’s registered voters will no longer be voting at traditional polling places, such as schools and community centers on primary and election days. Ballots will be automatically mailed to all registered voters starting with the 2020 elections. Common Cause Hawaii advocates for more Voter Service Centers to make this voting process go smoothly.
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Common Cause Hawaii is co-hosting, with Refuse Fascism Hawaii, Indivisible Hawaii and other groups, a House impeachment eve event.
A spirited group assembled near the Hawaii State Federal Building on the eve of President Trump's impeachment in support of this much needed constitutional action. Photos from this event can be found on the Common Cause Hawaii Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/search/top/? q=common%20cause%20hawaii&epa=SERP_TAB. Highlight the URL above and right click on it and scroll down on the pop-up menu and click on Open URL. Also on the Media Center tab above, click on Articles of Interest and scroll down to Ethics & Accountability for...
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Common Cause Hawaii is participating in the Refuse Fascism Hawaii event on 12/14/2019 to talk about impeaching President Trump.
For more information on this event, please contact Sandy Ma, the CCHI Executive Director, at sma@commoncause.org.
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Common Cause Hawaii Urging More Voter Service Centers
Common Cause Hawaii is urging election officials to open more than a handful of Voter Service Centers in Hawaii next year to ensure that all voters are able to vote in-person as the State for the first time transitions to all Vote By Mail.
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Name in the News: Sandy Ma – New Common Cause Hawaii Executive Director
The Voting by Mail initiative is one of her first priorities.
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Hawaii State Legislature Will Hold Vote-By-Mail Informational Briefing
Common Cause Hawaii Supports Improving How Citizens Can Cast Their Vote and Participate in Democracy With Vote-By-Mail
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Critics Question Former Council Chair’s Ties To North Shore Project
Common Cause Hawaii Questions Former Council Chair’s Ties To North Shore Real Estate Project
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Honolulu Civil Beat: Critics Question Former Council Chair’s Ties To North Shore Project
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Common Cause and League of Women Voters name 2019 Rusty Scalpel winner
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2019 Legislative Wrap Up
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Honolulu Civil Beat: Hawaii Governor Keeps His Official Visitor List Under Wraps
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Civil Beat: Hawaii Critics Fear Citizenship Question Could Skew Hawaii Census
As President Donald Trump’s administration continues to pursue adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, some advocates for immigrants in Hawaii worry that the Aloha State could be disproportionately affected if Trump is successful.