The Sunshine Blog: Hawaii Elections Chief Is Hanging On To His Job, Barely

Someone will no doubt demand a recount: In a 5-4 vote, the Hawaii Elections Commission on Tuesday reappointed the chief elections officer to another four-year term. But the public meeting over Zoom was lengthy and contentious, and it’s clear that Scott Nago has many detractors.

You can watch the video recording yourself, but The Sunshine Blog thinks you might have a better use for that particular 3 hours and 30 minutes. In short, many testifiers blame Nago for a litany of things including things that are not really his fault — low voter turnout (it’s called apathy and we’ve had it for years) and the state’s mail-in balloting system (that was the Legislature’s idea).