Maui House Race Hinges on 151 Uncured Ballots
A Maui state house race is too close to call, and the outcome now depends on voters fixing paperwork problems before a deadline this week.
- Green Party candidate Ple Kia Kona holds a lead of about 107 votes over Democrat Snape Patel for the west Maui house seat.
- That gap is too small to trigger an automatic recount, but it's not final either, since 151 ballots still have unresolved issues, mostly signature mismatches on return envelopes.
- The county has mailed letters to affected voters telling them how to fix the problem.
- Voters have until November 10th to correct their ballots, or those votes won't count.
Outlook: The race stays undecided until the ballot-fixing deadline passes November 10th, and the final count could still flip depending on how many of the 151 ballots get corrected.