State elections officials are urging Hawaii voters to get their mail-in ballots into the hands of the U.S. Postal Service at least a week ahead of the Nov. 3 general election in order for their votes to count after postal officials warned of potential delays this year.In a letter dated July 31 and received Aug. 3, Thomas J. Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president of the U.S. Postal Service, wrote to Hawaii’s chief election officer, Scott Nago, that “the vast majority of your voters should have sufficient time to receive, complete, and return their ballots by the state’s...…State elections officials are urging Hawaii voters to get their mail-in ballots into the hands of the U.S. Postal Service at least a week ahead of the Nov. 3 general election in order for their votes to count after postal officials warned of potential delays this year.In a letter dated July 31 and received Aug. 3, Thomas J. Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president of the U.S. Postal Service, wrote to Hawaii’s chief election officer, Scott Nago, that “the vast majority of your voters should have sufficient time to receive, complete, and return their ballots by the state’s...WW…

|Skeptics of Hawaii’s first large-scale effort at mail-in voting were proven wrong when island voters Saturday night destroyed all previous records for the number of ballots cast in a primary election.Hawaii voters crushed the record for the number of votes cast in a primary election — 380,152, shattering the previous statehood-era best of 309,700 primary votes set in 1994.Honolulu voters also set an Oahu record for votes cast in a primary election — 256,344. The previous Honolulu record for a primary election of 225,406 votes cast was recorded in 1994.PHOTOS:“I’m a skeptic and I’m...…|Skeptics of Hawaii’s first large-scale effort at mail-in voting were proven wrong when island voters Saturday night destroyed all previous records for the number of ballots cast in a primary election.Hawaii voters crushed the record for the number of votes cast in a primary election — 380,152, shattering the previous statehood-era best of 309,700 primary votes set in 1994.Honolulu voters also set an Oahu record for votes cast in a primary election — 256,344. The previous Honolulu record for a primary election of 225,406 votes cast was recorded in 1994.PHOTOS:“I’m a skeptic and I’m...WW…