02/13/15 Deadline approaching for Neighborhood Board candidates and voters February 13, 2015 Contact: Bryan Mick, Neighborhood Commission Office: 768-3717Voter registration deadline approaching for Neighborhood Board candidates HONOLULU -- The deadline to submit completed candidate and voter registration forms for Neighborhood Board elections is next Friday, February 20, 2015. Candidates may apply: - Online at www.honolulu.gov/nco
- In person at the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO) at Honolulu Hale, Room 406
Residents wishing to have either form mailed to them may call 768-3717. Voter application forms may be downloaded at www.honolulu.gov/nco or by contacting the NCO. Completed candidate or voter forms must be postmarked by February 20, 2015, or can be hand delivered to the Neighborhood Commission Office at Honolulu Hale, Room 406, by 4:30 p.m. on February 20, 2015. The 2015 Neighborhood Board elections will be held in April and May of this year. At stake are 437 seats on Oahu’s 33 Neighborhood Boards, whose volunteer members hold monthly meetings and serve as advisors on community concerns. Oahu residents who voted in the 2014 state elections are pre-registered to vote in the Neighborhood Board elections. Those who did not vote, voted but changed residences since the election, or are non-citizen residents must file a voter registration form in order to vote in the 2015 Neighborhood Board elections. The Neighborhood Board system was created in 1973 to increase and assure effective citizen participation in government decision-making. More information on the elections and boards is available at www.honolulu.gov/nco. -END- | |
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