Kaua‘i Election 2026

The Kauaʻi Bus will operate on its current daily schedule, with fares waived on General Election Day to support voter participation.

Hawaiʻi voters to decide amendments on timing for judge appointments, funding public infrastructure and one amendment that clarifies the planning commission appeal process in the Kauaʻi County Charter.

In Hawaiʻi, mail-in ballots must be received — NOT POSTMARKED — by 7 p.m. on Nov. 3. Ballots received after the deadline cannot be counted.

Virtual behavioral health outpatient program for behavioral health, substance use and mental health launches to residents statewide.

There’s about 4 weeks to go until this year’s general elections Nov. 3, and Hawai‘i registered voters should receive ballots in their mailboxes by Oct. 16.

Planning Department appeals are now heard by the Planning Commission or a hearings officer. The charter also lists the Zoning Board of Appeals as a third option, which was added in 2016 but has never been used; the amendment would update the county charter to match the current process.

All 14 candidates competing for Kauaʻi County Council seats gathered on the North Shore to discuss urgent issues regarding the island’s emergency response after Hurricane Lowell.

A mini roadway will be set up in the parking lot at Līhuʻe Civic Center — including intersections, a roundabout, signs and more — to give kids a chance to practice riding through a real road system; all activities are free and open to the public.

The forums are designed to provide voters and agency beneficiaries an opportunity to hear directly from candidates about issues, their priorities and the visions they would bring to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs governing board.

Otherwise, it was a night during which incumbents cleaned up in other state and federal Democratic primaries.

Current County Council chair Mel Rapozo was the top vote getter in the six candidate field for mayor, garnering 1,441 more votes than second place finisher Bernard Carvalho Jr.

Preliminary results from the Kauaʻi County Council race as of 8 a.m.

Kaua‘i Now provides the latest 2026 Hawai‘i primary election results for Kaua‘i County, including updated vote totals, candidate standings and key race results across Kaua‘i.

Kauaʻi’s competitive county elections are concluding today as voters choose who will move on to the November general election, with six candidates competing for mayor and 26 for the County Council.

The reluctance to vote for OHA is a complicated mix of Native Hawaiians who don’t want to participate in an American election system, non-Hawaiians who feel like they shouldn’t decide the agency’s leaders and voters who simply don’t know what OHA does.

Due to low turnout for elections from Native Hawaiians, two Big Island-born students developed a resource that connects the history of civic engagement in the Hawaiian Kingdom to modern voting.

Kirill Basin of Kīhei was arrested during the weekend in connection with a terroristic threatening incident at a South Maui beach; the incident follows a May 29 incident during which he allegedly entered a Maui County building while brandishing a firearm.

The top 14 vote-getters in the Saturday primary advance to the general election on Nov. 3.

The candidates, which include three current Kauaʻi County Council members, are all running to replace term-limited Derek S.K. Kawakami.

The move is in support of the Aug. 8 state primary elections; well more than 100,000 ballots already arrived as of July 30 by mail.