贬补飞补颈驶颈 Supreme Court Rejects Maui County Election Challenge
There will be no new election for the South Maui seat representing K墨hei, M膩驶alaea and Wailea.
The 贬补飞补颈驶颈 Supreme Court this week rejected a lawsuit by Maui County Council candidate Kelly King to overturn the general election results of her unsuccessful bid to return to office.
King, a former Council chair who lost to incumbent Tom Cook 41.6% to 41.4%, had sought a new election for the South Maui district seat.
King argued not every vote was counted in the Nov. 5 contest and alleged that the Maui County clerk violated the constitutional right of equal protection.
But the high court ruled Tuesday the Maui County Clerk鈥檚 Office had followed state law and administrative rules when it cured the votes 鈥 that is, gave voters a chance to fix their ballots.
“We conclude that all the 939 voters whose return identification envelopes were deemed deficient by the Clerk and subsequently failed to cure the deficiency by the statutory deadline, were provided with reasonable notice and the opportunity to correct the deficiency on the return identification envelope,” the court .
“The preponderance of the evidence established that all of these 939 voters were equally provided with the opportunity to participate in the election and none of them was disenfranchised as a result of the Clerk鈥檚 deficiency determination.”
King, the court determined, failed to establish any error was committed by the clerk in the review and processing of ballot return identification envelopes.
