Voting Guide

Registration Deadlines and Election Dates

Voter Registration Deadline (Paper applications): 10th day before Election Day

Eligible voters can also register online at any time, and register to vote and cast a ballot at the same time during the early voting period and on Election Day.

2022

• Primary Election Voter Registration Deadline: August 13

• Primary Election: August 13

• General Election Voter Registration Deadline: November 8

• General Election: November 8

Official Election Websites

More election information at: https://elections.hawaii.gov/

Online voter registration available at: https://olvr.hawaii.gov

Mail-in voter registration form available at: https://elections.hawaii.gov/register-to-vote/registration/

Register at School or Home

Students have a decision about where to register to vote.

You have a right to register to vote at the address you consider the place where you live, whether that is your family's home or the place where you attend school. You should update your registration anytime this home address changes.

You may only be registered and vote in one location.

What Type of ID Do I Need to Register?

Hawaii’s online voter registration requires your Hawaii driver's license or ID number and the last four digits of your Social Security number. Hawaii's mail-in voter registration application also asks for your Hawaii driver’s license or ID number or the last four digits of your Social Security number.

What Type of ID Do I Need to Vote?

Hawaii does not require identification to receive and cast a ballot.

Where Do I Vote?

Make a plan. Hawaii conducts its elections predominantly by mail, but voters can vote at any in-person voter service center in their county. Find your county’s vote service center locations and hours at:  https://elections.hawaii.gov/voter-service-centers-and-places-of-deposit/

How Can I Vote?

By Mail

Hawaii conducts elections predominantly by mail. All registered voters are sent a ballot by mail. However, voters who will be away from the address associated with their registration during the election period must submit an absentee ballot application no later than 7 days before Election Day.

Voters can return their completed ballots by mail to their county clerk’s office or in person at a designated place of deposit. Ballots must be received by the county elections division office by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

Track your mail ballot status at: https://ballotstatus.hawaii.gov/Default

Find a list of designated places of deposit at: https://elections.hawaii.gov/voter-service-centers-and-places-of-deposit/

Find your county elections division office at:

https://elections.hawaii.gov/resources/county-election-divisions/

Early In Person

All Hawaii voters retain the right to vote in person. You can cast a ballot during the early voting period at any voter service center in your county, starting 10 days before Election Day through the day before Election Day (excluding Sundays). A list of voter service centers is available at: https://elections.hawaii.gov/voter-service-centers-and-places-of-deposit/.

Election Day

All Hawaii voters retain the right to vote in person on Election Day at any voting service center in their county from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. A list of voter service centers is available at: https://elections.hawaii.gov/voter-service-centers-and-places-of-deposit/.

If you are in line by close of polls, then you have a right to vote.

Common Questions/Concerns

Registering to Vote Does Not Affect Your:

Federal Financial Aid

Where you register to vote will not affect federal financial aid such as Pell Grants, Perkins or Stafford loans, or your dependency status for FAFSA

Status as a Dependent on Your Parents’ Taxes

Being registered to vote at a different address from your parents does not prevent them from claiming you as a dependent on their taxes

Tuition Status

Being deemed out-of-state for tuition purposes does not prevent you from choosing to register to vote in your campus community

Will registering to vote in Hawaii affect my driver’s license or car registration?

As a full-time student in Hawaii, you may have to make these changes regardless of whether you vote in Hawaii. For more information, you may wish to contact your county’s driver’s license office.