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The race for seats on the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees is also significant. Six candidates are vying for three seats on the board, which directs resources to Native Hawaiian ...
Hawaii’s Office of Elections also released a complete list of local races that voters will be selecting no later than Aug. 10:. Four members to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Office of ...
Hawaii voters approve major constitutional amendments, and see new leadership emerge in local races, including the Big Island mayor. Hawaii election recap: Who won, lost key races in the Aloha ...
Hawaii is unique in that it is the only state in the country in which independent or candidates run in a primary election to qualify as the sole Nonpartisan candidate in the general election. To appear on the ballot, these candidates must either receive 10% of the total primary votes for the office, or receive more votes than the lowest vote ...
In 1893, pro-American elements in Hawaii overthrew the monarchy and formed the Republic of Hawaii, which the U.S. annexed in 1898. [8] In 1921, in order to make amends for injustices associated with the overthrow and annexation, the US created the Hawaiian Homes Commissions Act which set aside 200,000 acres of land for the use of homelands for Native Hawaiians of 50% blood quantum or more.
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Apr. 18—Hawaii lawmakers are facing a decision on whether to give the Office of Hawaiian Affairs more income from ceded lands that the agency is owed. A bill that the House of Representatives ...
Mililani Trask worked for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs from 1998 to 2000 as a Trustee at Large. After the passage of the Rice Decision in 2000 gave non-Hawaiians voting access in OHA elections, Mililani lost her bid for reelection despite the fact that she won the 1998 election by a previously unprecedented number of votes cast by Hawaiians since the formation of OHA in 1978.