Sunday, March 29, 2020

HI Dems Push End of Vote-by-Mail in Party-Run Primary to May 22nd


A Week after it had Eliminated In-Person Voting at its Party-Run Primary, the Hawaii Democratic Party announced Changes to its Delegate Selection Process in the face of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

On Friday, March 27th, Hawaii Democrats laid out a Revamped Schedule for Mailing Out Ballots to Voters and for those Voters to Return the Ballots.

As the Party revealed a week ago, the Deadline to Register to Vote and Enroll as a Democrat in the Aloha State was Moved to the Original Date of In-Person Voting, April 4th.

Not Included in that Release was a Plan for when and if the Deadline to Submit Ballots would be Extended as has been the Case in Former April 4th Party-Run Primary States, Alaska and Wyoming.

But by Moving the Deadline to Enroll to April 4th, Hawaii Democrats intimated as much. And indeed that is the case.

Hawaii Democrats will Process the New Enrollments and Mail Out Ballots with the anticipated Arrival in Voters' hands on or around May 2nd.

Those and other Previously Mailed Out Ballots will now be Due to the Party by Friday, May 22nd. This is the Return Deadline Not the Postmark Deadline. Results will then be Tabulated and Released by May 23rd.

The Extension of Hawaii Democrats' Deadline to Submit their Vote-by-Mail Ballots now shifts them out of April and Adds to what has become a Predominantly All-Mail May Slate of Contests in the Democratic Nomination Process.










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