Voter Information

Important dates

• 2014 Primary Election voter registration deadline: July 10, 2014
• 2014 Primary Election early voting: July 28, 2014 – August 7, 2014
• 2014 Primary Absentee Application by: August 2, 2014
• 2014 Primary Election: August 9, 2014
  • Poling place hours: 7:00a – 6:00p
• 2014 General Election voter registration deadline: October 6, 2014
• 2014 General Absentee Application by: October 28, 2014
• 2014 General Election: November 4, 2014
  • Polling place hours: 7:00a – 6:00p

Registered voters may vote early starting July 28 through August 7, Monday-Saturday between 8:00a – 4:00p at Honolulu Hale (530 S King St.) and Kapiolani Hale (1000 Ulu’Ohi’a St). There is free parking on King St. by Honolulu Hale. Bring a picture ID! Learn more about early voting in each of Hawaii’s counties.

Updates

Campaign Contributions – Who’s Got Your Back?

It’s no surprise that Councilmember Carol Fukunaga deferred Bill 16, which would have protected our hotel rooms and our good, local jobs. View the full reports from the State of Hawaii Campaign Spending Commission: http://1.usa.gov/UUTv2w and http://1.usa.gov/WUNmFM

 

 

Property Tax Exemption for Low-Income Seniors

Carol Fukunaga has claimed that she did not vote to raise property taxes on elderly homeowners.  Unfortunately, this is just not true.  Let us explain how this tax increase on low-income elderly homeowners works:

Currently, for every house that is occupied by the owner as their principal residence, there is a home exemption for property tax of up to the first $80,000 of value of the house.  That means the taxes are only charged on the value above $80,000.  At age 65, that exemption goes up to $120,000.  

It used to be that the for low-income residents who applied, the exemption would increase again to $140,000 at age 75, $160,000 at age 80, $180,000 at age 85 and $200,000 from age 90 on.

In 2013, the Honolulu City Council passed Bill 40 (which became Ordinance 13-32).  Council voted to end all of the exemptions over the $120,000, except for people who applied for them prior to September 30, 2013.  Even for those people, the exemption will end within 5 years unless they were age 90 or above.  Carol Fukunaga voted three times to pass this bill through.

Here is the language of the ordinance.

Actions & Events

Voter Registration

• How to register to vote
• Absentee voting
• In-person early walk-in voting locations

Find Your District

• Find your polling place, district/precinct number, congressional district, senate district, house district, and Council district: https://elections2.hawaii.gov/ppl/
• City Council District Maps

Candidates

• 2014 Certified Candidate Filing Report (as of 6/10/14)

Please visit the www.honoluluelections.org or http://hawaii.gov/elections/ for additional voter information.

Issues

Affordable Housing Development (general) Development (hotels) Development (Kakaako) Development (specific, non-hotel) Finance Fireworks Homelessness Infrastructure Jones Act

Roads Schools Sewage Smoking Taxes Transportation – TOR/Rail Vacation Rentals, Bed & Breakfasts, and Airbnb Waste Disposal and Landfills Water

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