COH - Office of the County Clerk

COH - Office of the County Clerk The Office of the County Clerk is responsible for Legislative Branch administrative operations.

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”The Hawaiสปi County Council will hold Committee and Council meeting...
06/13/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

The Hawaiสปi County Council will hold Committee and Council meetings next week. The schedule and links to the agendas are listed below. Mahalo!

Tuesday, June 16: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6791/17
โ€ข 9:00 a.m. Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
โ€ข 10:30 a.m. Finance Committee
โ€ข 12:00 p.m. Policy Committee on Planning, Land Use, and Economic Development
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Wednesday, June 17: Council https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1131513

๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐คClick to view the actions taken by the Hawaiสปi County Council at ...
06/13/2026

๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค

Click to view the actions taken by the Hawaiสปi County Council at meetings held last week:

Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131188/Page1.aspx
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Finance Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131181/Page1.aspx
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Communications, Reports, and Council Oversight Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131183/Page1.aspx
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Policy Committee on Public Works and Mass Transit
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131200/Page1.aspx
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Policy Committee on Health, Safety, and Well-being
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131184/Page1.aspx
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Council
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131278/Page1.aspx
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Special Council (2nd Reading of the FY2026-2027 Operating and CIP Budgets)
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1131279/Page1.aspx

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ— ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ’The Hawaiสปi County Council's 2nd Reading of the Operating and Capital Budg...
06/04/2026

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ— ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ’

The Hawaiสปi County Council's 2nd Reading of the Operating and Capital Budgets for fiscal year 2026 to 2027, will start at 9:00 a.m. today. Join us by viewing the live stream at the link below: https://hawaiicounty.granicus.com/player/event/2019?view_id=1&redirect=true

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐. ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง!Join us as we broadcast live from the Hilo Council Chambers for the...
06/03/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ‘๐ซ๐. ๐“๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง!

Join us as we broadcast live from the Hilo Council Chambers for the 41st Session of the Hawaiสปi County Council starting at 9:00 a.m.

The link below will take you to the County Calendar where you may view testimony received and connect to our live stream: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6776/228

๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ง๐: ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ.Good morning! The following Hawaiสปi County Council Committee meeting...
06/02/2026

๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ง๐: ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ.

Good morning! The following Hawaiสปi County Council Committee meetings are scheduled for today, June 2, 2026:

โ€ข 9:00 a.m. Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
โ€ข 11:30 a.m. Finance Committee
โ€ข 1:00 p.m. Communications, Reports, and Council Oversight Committee
โ€ข 2:00 p.m. Policy Committee on Public Works and Mass Transit
โ€ข 3:00 p.m. Policy Committee on Health, Safety, and Well-being

The link below will take you to the County Calendar where you may view testimony received and join our live stream as we broadcast from the Hawaiสปi County Building. Mahalo!
https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6772/228

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌA press release from the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections:๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐“๐„ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€...
06/02/2026

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

A press release from the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections:

๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐“๐„ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„
May 29, 2026

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ โ€“ Hawaii voters can stay informed this election season by signing up for the stateโ€™s free ballot tracking service. The service sends voters updates on the status of their mail ballot and provides deadline reminders throughout the year.

More than 100,000 Hawaii voters are already enrolled in the service, with voters ages 66+ being the highest users. Officials have heard positive feedback from kupuna voters since the launch in 2022 and want to see the number of users grow.

Chief Election Officer Scott Nago explained, โ€œThe simple ballot tracking tool can help address several concerns shared by both voters and election administrators. It provides transparency and peace of mind for voters to know where their ballot is, and helps reduce the number of voters who miss deadlines.โ€

He added regarding the tools alert function, โ€œWeโ€™re hopeful that the election alerts will also help alleviate long lines at voter service centers by encouraging residents to vote before Election Day.โ€

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ?
โ€ข Know exactly when your ballot is mailed
โ€ข Get confirmation when your voted ballot is accepted for counting
โ€ข Receive timely reminders so you donโ€™t miss a deadline
โ€ข Choose text, email, or phone alerts
โ€ข Opt to receive alerts in in Chinese, Hawaiian, Ilocano, and Tagalog

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ:
Visit https://elections.hawaii.gov/ and click โ€œSign Up for Ballot Notifications.โ€ Voters who previously enrolled do not need to re-register.

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ:
โ€ข Ballots arrive by mail: July 21, 2026
โ€ข Primary Election, ballots due: August 8, 2026

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About the Office of Elections
The Office of Elections is an attached agency within the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS). It consists of 22 full-time employees and oversees the statewide implementation of elections and is responsible for printing ballots, counting ballots, and voter education. To learn more about elections, visit https://elections.hawaii.gov/

State of Hawaii

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”The Hawaiสปi County Council will hold Committee and Council meeti...
05/30/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐€๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

The Hawaiสปi County Council will hold Committee and Council meetings next week. The schedule and links to the agendas are listed below. Mahalo!

๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6772/228?curm=6&cury=2026
โ€ข 9:00 a.m. Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
โ€ข 11:30 a.m. Finance Committee
โ€ข 1:00 p.m. Communications, Reports, and Council Oversight Committee
โ€ข 2:00 p.m. Policy Committee on Public Works and Mass Transit
โ€ข 3:00 p.m. Policy Committee on Health, Safety, and Well-Being

๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ‘, 9:00 a.m. Council: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1130799

๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ’, 9:00 a.m. Special Council: 2nd Reading of the Operating and Capital Budgets for fiscal year 2026 to 2027: https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=1130828

๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐คClick to view the actions taken by your Hawaiสปi County Council at...
05/30/2026

๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค

Click to view the actions taken by your Hawaiสปi County Council at meetings held last week:

Governmental Operations and External Affairs Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1130403/Page1.aspx
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Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1130398/Page1.aspx
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Finance Committee
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1130388/Page1.aspx
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Policy Committee on Public Works and Mass Transit
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1130393/Page1.aspx
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Policy Committee on Health, Safety, and Well-being
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1130394/Page1.aspx
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Council
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1130444/Page1.aspx
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Special Council - 1st Reading of the Operating and Capital Budgets for fiscal year 2026 to 2027
https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/weblink/0/doc/1130445/Page1.aspx

๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌA press release from the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections:๐…๐Ž๐‘ ...
05/26/2026

๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

A press release from the State of Hawaii, Office of Elections:

๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐„๐ƒ๐ˆ๐€๐“๐„ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„
May 26, 2026

๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ โ€“ The deadline to file as a candidate for the 2026 Elections is Tuesday, June 2 by 4:30 PM. Election officials encourage prospective candidates to file early to allow time to resolve any issues that may arise during the process.

๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ:
โ€ข ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ: Collect more than the minimum number of required signatures. If a voterโ€™s registration cannot be verified, it will not count toward the requirement. Come prepared with extra signatures.

โ€ข ๐•๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ: Submit your candidate statement and photo for the voter guide before you come into file.

โ€ข ๐ˆ๐ƒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž: Bring a valid ID and filing fee payable in cash, cashierโ€™s check, certified check, or money order. Credit cards, debit cards, and personal checks are not accepted.

For complete information on running for office, visit https://elections.hawaii.gov/candidates/candidate-filing/

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ?
Following the candidate filing deadline, election officials will then finalize the list of candidates for the 2026 Elections and begin preparing ballots based on each voterโ€™s district. All registered voters will receive a ballot at their mailing address on file.

The official list of candidates will be available via the Candidate Report at https://elections.hawaii.gov/candidates/candidate-reports/

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ:
โ€ข Candidate filing ends: June 2, 2026, at 4:30 PM
โ€ข Ballots arrive by mail: July 21, 2026
โ€ข Primary Election, ballots due: August 8, 2026

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๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
The Office of Elections is an attached agency within the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS). It consists of 22 full-time employees and oversees the statewide implementation of elections and is responsible for printing ballots, counting ballots, and voter education. To learn more about elections, visit https://elections.hawaii.gov/

State of Hawaii

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ.The Hawaiสปi County Council's 1st Reading of the Operating and Capital Budgets...
05/21/2026

๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š.๐ฆ.

The Hawaiสปi County Council's 1st Reading of the Operating and Capital Budgets for fiscal year 2026 to 2027, will start at 9:00 a.m. this morning, May 21st. Join us by viewing the live stream at the link below: https://hawaiicounty.granicus.com/player/event/2011?view_id=1&redirect=true

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