Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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.

City and County of Honolulu

Oʻahu

Councilmember, 4 seats: II, IV, VI, VIII · 4 years
The contest schedule prints the districts in Roman numerals: Districts 2, 4, 6 and 8.

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

October 20, 2026, through November 2, 2026, Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; November 3, 2026, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Honolulu Hale (Courtyard), 530 South King Street, Honolulu · Kapolei Hale (Conference Rooms A, B, C), 1000 Uluohia Street, Kapolei
October 27, 2026, through October 31, 2026, Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
George Fred Wright Wahiawa District Park (Ceramics Room), 1129 Kilani Avenue, Wahiawā · Kaneohe District Park (Meeting Room), 45-660 Keaahala Road, Kāneʻohe

County of Maui

Maui County

Mayor, 1 seat: County of Maui · 4 years
Councilmember, 9 seats: East Maui; West Maui; Wailuku-Waihee-Waikapu; Kahului; South Maui; Makawao-Haiku-Paia; Upcountry; Lanai; Molokai · 2 years
Every council seat is on the ballot. Maui County's councilmembers are elected countywide but must live in the residency area they represent.

Voter service centers

October 20, 2026, through November 2, 2026, Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; November 3, 2026, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Velma McWayne Santos Community Center, 395 Waena Street, Wailuku
October 31, 2026, through November 2, 2026, daily except Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; November 3, 2026, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Old Youth Center, 717 Fraser Avenue, Lānaʻi City · Lahaina Civic Center, 1840 Honoapiilani Highway, Lahaina · Mitchell Pauʻole Center Conference Room, 90 Ainoa Street, Kaunakakai
October 24, 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Hana High & Elementary School, 4111 Hana Highway

County of Hawaii

Hawaiʻi Island

Councilmember, 9 seats: 1 - 9 · 2 years
Every council seat is on the ballot. The mayor's office is not; the schedule lists it for 2028.

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

October 20, 2026, through November 2, 2026, Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; November 3, 2026, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
County of Hawaii Aupuni Center (Conference Room), 101 Pauahi Street, #1, Hilo · West Hawaii Civic Center (Community Room Building G), 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona

County of Kauai

Kauaʻi

Mayor, 1 seat: County of Kauai · 4 years
The schedule prints the jurisdiction as “County 0f Kauai,” with a zero.
Councilmember, 7 seats: County of Kauai · 2 years
Every council seat is on the ballot; all seven are elected at-large.

Voter service centers

October 20, 2026, through November 2, 2026, Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; November 3, 2026, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Historic County Annex Building Basement, 4386 Rice Street, Lihue

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

Governor and Lieutenant Governor · 4 years
U.S. House of Representatives, 2 seats: I & II · 2 years
State Senate, 15 seats: 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18*, 19*, 20, 21, 25 · 4 years The schedule's asterisk: a 2-year term, as the original term expires November 7, 2028.
State House of Representatives, 51 seats: 1 - 51 · 2 years
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee, 5 seats: At-Large (3 seats); Resident of Maui; Resident of Oahu · 4 years

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.

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: Candidate names: the Office of Elections publishes them in its voter guide and results pages, and the Ledger has not copied any list; 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. The Ledger carries no candidate's name, statement or endorsement, and sells nothing to any candidate. To register or check a registration, use the state's online voter registration.