HILO, Hawaii (AP) - The State Office of Elections and the Hawaii County Elections Division has announced voting applications will be mailed to more than 6,000 voters because of uncertainties created by the volcano eruption on the Big Island.
The applications will be mailed to Pahoa Community Center (precinct 04-03) and Pahoa High/Intermediate (precinct 04-04), the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Tuesday.
Voters can use the absentee application to request mail ballots for the 2018 elections or to update their address if they have relocated.
Election officials said they will continue to monitor the situation to ensure affected voters can cast ballots for the upcoming elections. Hawaii Revised Statutes allows polling places to be consolidated or designated absentee mail precincts in states of emergency.
The county division will also visit evacuation shelters in Pahoa to provide voter information to affected residents.
The Primary Election is on Saturday, Aug. 11, and the General Election is on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
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Information from: Hawaii Tribune-Herald, http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/
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