Subject: RE: Records Request for Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk: Signed Chain of Custody forms transferring Ballots from the County of Hawaii to the State of Hawaii [#1271]
From: "Araceley, Relley" <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 19:34:27 +0000

Aloha Mr. Cushnie,

On October 31, 2024, the Office of the County Clerk received your attached Request for Information for "all Signed Chain of Custody forms transferring Ballots from the County of Hawaii to the State of Hawaii including all early counting and election day transfers".  We previously responded that we were unable to respond to your request in the usual expected timeline due to the office's current workload.

Attached to this email is the requested files as we have them in the County of Hawaii as well as a copy of our 2nd NTR, which details our final response to this request.

We appreciate your patience and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Mahalo,
Mr. Relley Araceley
Office of the County Clerk
County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402
Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 961-8429

-----Original Message-----
From: Araceley, Relley
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2024 3:27 PM
To: [email-masked]' <[email-masked]>
Subject: FW: Records Request for Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk: Signed Chain of Custody forms transferring Ballots from the County of Hawaii to the State of Hawaii [#1271]

Aloha Mr. Cushnie,

On October 31, 2024, the Office of the County Clerk received your attached Request for Information for "all Signed Chain of Custody forms transferring Ballots from the County of Hawaii to the State of Hawaii including all early counting and election day transfers".

Pursuant to Hawaii Administrative Rules ("HAR") 2-71-14 (c) and 2-71-15 (a)(3) we will be taking more time to respond to your request as our Elections Division is currently busy with post-election responsibilities. As noted in the attached Notice to Requester ("NTR") we plan to get a response to your request by December 3rd or 4th, 2024. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

We appreciate your patience and look forward to providing a follow-up response to you soon.

Mahalo,
Mr. Relley Araceley
Office of the County Clerk
County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402
Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 961-8429

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Cushnie <[email-masked]>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2024 6:37 AM
To: Clerk-Council <[email-masked]>
Subject: Records Request for Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk: Signed Chain of Custody forms transferring Ballots from the County of Hawaii to the State of Hawaii [#1271]

Aloha,

Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address.

Mahalo,

Ralph Cushnie