One system for voting
In response to the article “Kaua‘i in-person voting went Republican,” there should only be one system for voting and it should be always in-person. Having both votes in-person and by-mail really isn’t necessary.
Not only would it be more organized for citizens to all vote in one place, but it would also reduce the fears of voter fraud since, as the article stated, many of the Republican Party are already voting in-person instead.
Jaslen Valdez, ‘Ele‘ele
Annoying campaign signs
Let’s see now. It has been, what, two months since the election? And yet, campaign signs still litter our beautiful Kaua‘i. It seems that nearly all of the signs are for the candidates who lost. Isn’t this embarrassing to the losers? To see these signs all over and know that you lost? The election is over. Accept it and move on. Hawai‘i has a no billboards law for a reason. The signs are blocking the beauty of this island. Please remove them.
Dorothy Collins, Lihu‘e
Good idea. Remove all the signs. In case you didn’t know, the politicians make less than the average citizens like yourself income. Why’d you vote for? Just let them go and let them have it. Spend more hours polishing your car on a Friday nights or drive around Kukui Grove Shopping center with your new car. That should do it. Really…
The idea of voting all in one place falls under the same category. Is this important enough news to attend to? Now that SouthWest Airlines have entered the labor market, your county council is a lame duck and good as a worthless treasury bond that is backed up by the county government. Because they’re basically made up of stupid people and who think the public is even more stupid. I could not help but think in the political arena what was happening on the federal level. Only about 6.6% of the taxes collected comes from the federal income tax. For a business owner, they pay up to 21% of the corporate income tax. Of which none of the taxes will be collected because smarter people exist on the corporate level. Those taxes which account for a larger amount, will remain in the richer man’s wallet than be collected as taxes. SouthWest Airlines is one of the companies to fall under a corporate income tax bracket. Theses county council are obviously made up of stupid people.
There is no compelling reason to give up the convenience of voting by mail. Umpteen studies, court cases and research by experts have yet to uncover any significant “voter fraud” involving mail-in ballots anywhere, in any election in our Country. It’s always good to give voters a choice of how to do their civic duty. Don’t buy into the big lie.