Cartoon COURT Report

HERE WE GO!!!

Tune in to the Hawaii Supreme Court today at 2pm to hear Lance Collins, Ph.D. argue the case to ensure ALL ballots are counted to determine the outcome of the November 2022 Maui County Council Election.

A series of irregularities and mistakes occurred in the 2022 election in Maui County – resulting in 706 lawfully cast ballots not being counted.

These irregularities included:

- the process employed by the County Clerk in determining 896 return identification envelopes were "deficient"

- the inadequate notice given to voters on how to contest or cure the deficiency determinations

- the Clerk's refusal to make public the identity of the voters whose ballots were not being counted due to a deficiency determination during the cure period

The voters are asking the Supreme Court to invalidate the results and order a new election, as well as guidance with respect to the election laws implicated by the contest.

Oral arguments at the Supreme Court for the State of Hawaii are scheduled for today, January 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.

For the public: The oral argument will be live streamed for public viewing via Olelo Community Television and the Judiciary’s YouTube channel at: YouTube.com/hawaiicourts.

This is an important case for our democracy here in Hawai’i.

(Post credit to: Sarah Pajimola)

Remember when Ige announced that construction on Mauna Kea was eminent and kūpuna and thousands of others flocked to Mauna Kea access road to stop it (again)? Well the states attorney general used (abused?) her powers in a move that seems pretty obvious was done to intimidate donors large and small from supporting the efforts. Remember they even tried to find out the names of people donating miles to kiai 😳 so they also went after KAHEA, the perpetual thorn in the side of the state when it comes to these TMT permits.

As a layperson it wasn’t entirely clear to me what the states argument was since it seemed pretty clear that KAHEA didn’t break any laws and the state basically admitted it was a fishing expedition. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Was kind of spooky actually the more times I watched it how obvious it was to me that it was completely in retaliation. Of course we have to wait on the hawaii state Supreme Court judges to decide that but the states attorney seemed to be squirming a bit.

Anyway I’m always reminded that you can’t go off the justices questions too much, but I’d put my money on KAHEA given the timeline of events, despite the state wanting the court to believe that it was really about a late 990 filing.

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