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General results, contest by contest — 91 contests as the Office of Elections certified them.

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Hawaii general election, Nov. 3, 2026: what's on the ballot and how to vote

The Chief Election Officer's proclamation says the elections shall be conducted by mail and that a general election will be held Tuesday, November 3, 2026 throughout the State of Hawaiʻi. A Primary Election was held on Saturday, August 8, 2026. This page lists what the ballot decides where the Ledger reports; it carries no candidate's name. For every contest and candidate, see the ballot, contest by contest and area by area.

City and County of Honolulu

Oʻahu

Which board areas sit in a council district on the ballot: District 2 (Matt Weyer): Waipahu, Mililani-Waipiʻo, Wahiawā-Whitmore Village, North Shore, Koʻolauloa, Kahaluʻu, Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale, Mililani Mauka-Launani Valley; District 4 (Tommy Waters): Hawaiʻi Kai, Kuliʻouʻou-Kalani Iki, Waiʻalae-Kāhala, Kaimukī, Diamond Head-Kapahulu-St. Louis Heights, Waikīkī; District 6 (Tyler Dos Santos-Tam): Makiki-Tantalus, Ala Moana-Kakaʻako, Nuʻuanu-Punchbowl, Downtown-Chinatown, Liliha-ʻĀlewa, Kalihi-Pālama, Kalihi Valley; District 8 (Val Aquino Okimoto): ʻAiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, Mililani-Waipiʻo, Mililani Mauka-Launani Valley.

Voter service centers

County of Maui

Maui County

Voter service centers

County of Hawaii

Hawaiʻi Island

Council districts by area: North Kohala (9); South Kohala (9); North Kona (7, 8, 9); South Kona (6); Kaʻū (6); Puna (3, 4, 5, 6); South Hilo (1, 2, 3); North Hilo (1, 2, 6); Hāmākua (1, 2, 7, 9).

Voter service centers

County of Kauai

Kauaʻi

Voter service centers

Two questions on the constitution

Question 1: Increasing the Timeframe for the Hawaii Senate to Consider and Act on Judicial Appointments.

Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to allow the Senate more time to consider and act on the appointments of justices and judges, by increasing the timeframe from thirty days to sixty days for appointments made between April 1 and December 31 when the senate is not in regular session or is about to adjourn the regular session?

The office points to the measure itself: SB121.

Question 2: Directing the Hawaii State Legislature to Establish Procedures for Counties to Issue RISE Bonds, Exempt from County Debt Limits.

Shall the Hawaii State Constitution be amended to direct the legislature to authorize the counties to issue resilient infrastructure for shelter and equity bonds to fund public improvements in designated districts, repaid solely by future growth in property tax revenues within those districts, not by increasing real property tax rates, where such bonds are excluded from the counties' debt limit and are subject to accountability and oversight requirements as may be provided by law?

The office points to the measure itself: SB3219 HD3 CD1.

How a question passes, as the office prints it: The question is approved if both qualifications are met: Test 1, yes votes receive a majority of votes tallied, excluding blank and over votes; Test 2, yes votes receive at least fifty percent of the total votes cast, including blank and over votes.

Also on every ballot in the state

The proclamation's own list: Two Representatives to serve in the Congress of the United States; One Governor and one Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii; Thirteen Senators and fifty-one Representatives to serve in the Legislature of the State of Hawaii; Five members to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Nine Councilmembers for the County of Hawaii; One Mayor and nine Councilmembers for the County of Maui; One Mayor and seven Councilmembers for the County of Kauai; Four Councilmembers for the City and County of Honolulu.

Questions voters ask

When must my ballot be returned?

The Office of Elections says ballots must be received by the County Elections Division by close of voting, 7:00 p.m., on Election Day, November 3, 2026.

When are voter service centers open?

For the general election, the office lists October 20 to November 3, 2026, excluding Sundays. They offer accessible voting, in-person voting and same day registration. Hours and places for each county are above, and some centers keep shorter dates.

Where do I find my ballot?

Elections are conducted by mail. The office says voters receive their ballots for the general election by October 16, 2026.

Source: State of Hawaiʻi Office of Elections, Voter Service Centers and Ballot Drop Boxes and its 2026 Election Dates & Deadlines, read October 20, 2026.

From the State of Hawaiʻi Office of Elections, read Sept. 19, 2026: 2026 Proclamation · Contest Schedule · 2026 Proposed Amendments to the Hawaii State Constitution · Voter Service Centers and Ballot Drop Boxes · Register to vote. Offices, seat counts, jurisdictions, question texts, dates, hours and places are the office's, unchanged; the proclamation is signed by Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaiʻi, with the four county clerks, under Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes §§ 11-91, 11-92.1 and 11-101. Not carried here: Ballot drop box locations, which the same page lists in full; County council districts' own boundaries beyond the city's GIS layer already on this site; Anything about how to vote beyond what the office prints; Candidates' legal names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, websites and filing dates, which the candidate report also prints. The Ledger carries candidates' names, parties and statuses only as the Office of Elections' candidate report prints them; it publishes no candidate's contact details, links, statements or photos, endorses no one, and sells nothing to any candidate. (Revised Sept. 27, 2026, under PLAN.md item 2, approved by the publisher that day.) To register or check a registration, use the state's online voter registration.