LIHU‘E — With the election jsut two days away, County of Kaua‘i voter turnout has lagged behind statewide numbers.
Kaua‘i County Elections Administrator Lyndon Yoshioka reported that Kaua‘i election turnout was 23 percent as of Wednesday night, compared with 27 percent statewide.
Ballots mailed: 41,167
Ballots received: 9,449
Voted in-person: 232
County council biggest spenders
Incumbent County Council Member KipuKai Kuali‘i spent the most on his reelection campaign, followed by incumbent Felicia Cowden and newcomer Fern Anuenue Holland.
1. KipuKai Kuali‘i, $38,514;
2. Felicia Cowden, $35,105;
3. Fern Anuenue Holland, $20,226;
4. Addison Bulosan, $18,299;
5. Mel Rapozo, $17,706;
6. Bernard Carvalho, $7,245;
7. Luke Evslin, $7,057;
8. Rachel Secretario, $6,437;
9. Ross Kagawa, $4,235;
10. Lila Metzger, $3,353.
Public funding
As of Thursday morning, Rapozo was the only candidate to have received partial public financing from the state, receiving $9,280 in public funds. Holland reported she was waiting for her application for public financing to be approved.
Candidates are eligible for this funding if they adhere to spending limits and raise a certain amount in small-dollar donations.
Mayoral race
The mayoral race remains lopsided, with Mayor Derek Kawakami spending 38 times more on his reelection campaign than opponent Michael Roven Poai.
Derek Kawakami
expenditures: $238,030;
Michael Roven Poai expenditures: $6,202.
Election information
All ballots must be received by 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 to be counted.
Deposit boxes are set up at the following locations: Waimea Neighborhood Center, 4556 Makeke Road; Hanapepe Recreation Center, 4451 Puolo Road; Koloa Neighborhood Center, 3461 Weliweli Road; Kalaheo Neighborhood Center, 4480 Papalina Road; Historic County Building Annex, 4386 Rice St., Lihu‘e; Waipouli Town Center, 4-757 Kuhio Highway; Kilauea Neighborhood Center, 2460 Keneke St.; Princeville Public Library, 4343 Emmalani Drive; Hanalei Neighborhood Center, 4-5358 Kuhio Highway.
This data was compiled based on information from Yoshioka and financial disclosures on the state Campaign Spending Commission website.
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Guthrie Scrimgeour, reporter, can be reached at 808-647-0329 or gscrimgeour@thegardenisland.com.
Don’t you have to be for the government and part of the government? Spending money for nothing. Politics.
If the numbers are down again, that means there is not enough island wide vote to make a difference. Carvalho cannot get paid. And a pff… at that yet. I think he’s making these numbers up. What’s the worth? There is no pay again.
How many people in the U.S.A.? 326 million people. How many people viewed game 5 of the world series Phillies vs. Astros? ( 12.786 Million tv viewers. ) 42,958 in attendance at the park in Philadelphia on game 6 Saturday. Were you one of them? I know Carvalho was one of them.
What are the odds that these election numbers are rigged towards sports ? very much the case. They call this in business terms, price fixing. Price is measured to another product worth buying. That is their gauge. Sorry to say, how many people in Hawai’i like cars and radios? This is also call product knowledge and matched to price fixing. Made to make a product more popular by interest. Like gas price to Carvalho’s interest in driving someone else’s car. With me so far. These numbers are matched towards the average home renter or buyers to make it look more marketable. Popular votes. Did you vote for Carvalho? No. I was one who did not vote for him.
Heidi…….what? I cant make any sense out of your comments
okay. Decosta and Cowden is in. Ross Kagawa is out. It’s not the baseball fans that got it, It’s the pop warner fans who voted that got in good. Get it? This is a true statistics, On their background in government. Or politics. What’s the 5 New England states, colonial times.
6 New England states. Massachusetts, Rhoad Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine
32,309 blank votes. 2022 general election. Interesting results. Same group of voters, but only different voting. They left off the ones they didn’t care about. It doesn’t say how many blank ballots.
Still waiting for the other numbers. Election night Tuesday November 2022.
District 15, 16, Nadine and James took it. State Representatives. 51 seats total. State legislature. And how would the State know you? Just for financial reasons come legislation session time? They operate on a fan or tourist base logic when dealing with state funded CIP used on anything. And why would the state allocate funds to this district?