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Ballots are in the mail, and Question 2 is the one most people will skim and guess on. It asks whether counties should be allowed to sell “RISE” bonds, short for resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity: “Shall the Hawaii State Constitution be amended to direct the legislature to authorize the counties to issue resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds to fund public improvements in designated districts, repaid solely by future growth in property tax rev

The commission that oversees Chief Election Officer Scott Nago has not met in four months. On October 16, the Hawaii Supreme Court heard why. Commissioners Ralph Cushnie and Tamara McKay petitioned the court to order the Office of Elections to provide the staff support that Hawaii requires. The hearing was set to private after its livestream on the State YouTube account, but thankfully a good citizen captured it on screen recording: