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Voting procedure favors rail
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 06, 2008
It will be easier for voters to approve Honolulu's proposed $4 billion commuter rail line than some of the other questions on the November ballot.Blank votes will not be counted as "no" votes on the rail issue and other City Charter amendments, according to Honolulu Election Administrator Glen Takahashi.
That is different from ballot questions that would change the state Constitution.
If "yes" votes outnumber "no" votes on the rail question, it would pass regardless of how many blank ballots there are.
"There's a higher threshold for passage for state constitutional amendments," said Takahashi.
The rail question on the ballot will ask voters whether the Honolulu city government should establish a steel-wheel-on-steel-rail transit system.
The 20-mile rail line is being pushed by Mayor Mufi Hannemann and opposed by Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi, his opponent in the Nov. 4 face-off.
It will be easier for voters to approve Honolulu's proposed $4 billion commuter rail line than some of the other questions on the November ballot.
Blank votes will not be counted as "no" votes on the rail issue and other City Charter amendments, according to Honolulu Election Administrator Glen Takahashi.
That is different from ballot questions that would change the state Constitution.
If "yes" votes outnumber "no" votes on the rail question, it would pass regardless of how many blank ballots there are.
"There's a higher threshold for passage for state constitutional amendments," said Takahashi.
The rail question on the ballot will ask voters whether the Honolulu city government should establish a steel-wheel-on-steel-rail transit system.
The 20-mile rail line is being pushed by Mayor Mufi Hannemann and opposed by Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi, his opponent in the Nov. 4 face-off.
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