As Kaua’i County’s deputy clerk, Ernie Pasion, reminded The Garden Island readers yesterday, absentee voting “is a very convenient way to vote and avoid the long lines and maybe even a one or two-hour wait on election day.” The prospect
As Kaua’i County’s deputy clerk, Ernie Pasion, reminded The Garden Island
readers yesterday, absentee voting “is a very convenient way to vote and avoid
the long lines and maybe even a one or two-hour wait on election day.”
The
prospect of long waits at the polls during the primary election this Saturday
is questionable, given the general lack of interest that voters seem to be
showing so far in the suspenseless Kaua’i County Council and Board of Education
races. But there’s no question that absentee voting is a great way for citizens
to fit their civic duty into their personal schedules. Almost at their leisure,
they can walk into the county building on Rice Street in Lihu’e before 4 p.m.
tomorrow and vote.
Whether doing it in person or by mail, casting absentee
ballots is every bit as much a part of the process as the traditional trips to
the polls on election day. Whatever the method of choice, the more people who
participate by actually voting, the better.
