General Election
When: November 4, 2008, 7:00am-6:00pm
Where: Precinct Polling Location
Printable District 40 Voter's Cheat Sheet
Candidate profiles and additional inforrmation can be found in the Honolulu Advertiser Voters' Guide 2008
U.S. President
Baldwin, Chuck (Constitution)
Barr, Bob (Libertarian)
McCain, John (Republican)
McKinney, Cynthia (Green)
Nader, Ralph (Independent)
OBAMA, BARACK (Democrat)
U.S. House of Representatives - District 2
Evans, Roger (Republican)
* HIRONO, MAZIE (Democrat)
Mallan, Lloyd J. (Jeff) (Libertarian)
Stenshol, Shaun (Independent) (no website found for this candidate)
State House of Representatives - District 40
* HAR, SHARON (Democrat)
Legal, Jack (Republican)
Honolulu Mayor (Non-partisan)
* Mufi Hanneman
Ann Kobayashi
City Council - District 1 (Non-partisan)
Ewa, Kapolei, Waianae Coast
* Apo, Todd
Smith, Garry (no website found for this candidate)
City Council - District 9 (Non-partisan)
Makakilo, Waipahu, Mililani
No runoff election - Nestor Garcia was elected in the primary
Board of Education - Honolulu
Lee, Carol Mon
Matsumoto, Denise (no website found for this candidate)
Board of Education - Leeward Oahu
No runoff election - Breene Harimoto was unopposed this year
Board of Education - Oahu At Large (3 seats)
* Ahu Isa, Lei
Aiona, Kanakanui Darrow (no website found for this candidate)
Akuna, Janis
* Toguchi, Garrett (no website found for this candidate)
Tom, Terrance (no website found for this candidate)
Yee, Randall (no website found for this candidate)
Office of Hawaiian Affairs - Big Island
Lindsey, Bob
Meyers, William (no website found for this candidate)
Office of Hawaiian Affairs - Molokai
Machado, Colette
Purdy, Waipa
Office of Hawaiian Affairs - Kauai
No runoff election - Donald Cataluna has been elected
Office of Hawaiian Affairs - State At Large
Apoliona, Haunani (no website found for this candidate)
Honda, Helene
Kippen, Colin
Nalua'i, Sol (no website found for this candidate)
Hawaii Constitutional Amendments
Constitutional Convention (ConCon)
Shall there be a convention to propose a revision of or amendments to the Constitution?
Yes
No
Age to Run for Governor
Shall the age qualification for the office of governor and office of lieutenant governor be reduced from thirty years of age to twenty-five years of age?
Yes
No
Honolulu Charter Amendments
1. Prosecutor's duties
Shall the Prosecuting Attorney be allowed to initiate, develop, and perform or coordinate programs, projects and activities, as determined by the prosecuting attorney, on the subject of crime, including but not limited to crime research, prevention, and education?
Yes
No
[Adoption of this proposal would give the Honolulu prosecuting attorney the same authority as the state attorney general to develop programs on the subject of crime, including the authority to receive and spend grants and donations for crime research.]
2. Ethics Commission fines
Shall the Revised City Charter be amended to authorize the city Ethics Commission to impose civil fines established by ordinance for violations of the standards of conduct committed by appointed officers and employees of the city who have significant discretionary or fiscal power?
Yes
No
[Adoption of this proposal would extend the power of the city Ethics Commission to issue fines to a wider range of city officials and employees; currently the commission may fine only elected officials.]
3. Impeachment jurisdiction
Shall the Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu 1973 be amended to conform to state law by specifying that the circuit courts of the state have jurisdiction of impeachment proceedings against elected county officers?
Yes
No
[Adoption of this proposal would bring the City Charter in line with state law, which gives state Circuit Courts jurisdiction over impeachment proceedings against county officials.]
4. Establish rail transit
Shall the powers, duties, and functions of the city, through its director of transportation services, include establishment of a steel wheel on steel rail transit system?"
YES !!!
No
[Adoption of this proposal would direct the city to build "a steel wheel on steel rail transit system" and also allow other technologies "to complement or extend the rail transit system.]
* Incumbent
The U.S. Senate and State Senate District 19 seats are not up for reelection this year
