Aloha,
On September 28, 2022, the Office of the County Clerk, County of Hawaii received your request for the following:
1. Places of deposit (ballot collection boxes, aka "drop boxes") daily summary for the 2022 Primary election which shows the number of ballot envelopes retrieved from each collection box from the first date of collection through the final date of collection.
2. Chain of Custody documentation for each place of deposit for each date that ballots were collected for the 2022 Primary election, this would be the paperwork which has the initials or signatures of employees who emptied the ballot collection boxes, the date and time ballots were collected, and any other documentation included on your internal paperwork that documents ballot envelope pickup from the collection boxes.
The Office of the County Clerk, in discussion with its Elections Division, has attached the requested information to item #1 to this email.
Regarding item #2, we found that the information you are requesting may be in the custody of the State of Hawaii Office of Elections. Please forward your request to the State Office of Elections at
<<email address>>
Attached to this email is your original request and the “Notice to Requester” (NTR) form noting our emailed response to you here.
Please feel free to contact me directly 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
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kahoonei, Tiffany < <name and email address> >
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 10:43 AM
To: Araceley, Relley < <name and email address> >
Subject: FW: Records Request for Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk: 2022 Primary Election Places of Deposit Daily Summary and Chain of Custody Documentation Hawaii County [#831]
-----Original Message-----
From: << Name removed >> << Name removed >> <<email address>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2022 9:13 AM
To: Clerk-Council < <name and email address> >
Subject: Records Request for Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk: 2022 Primary Election Places of Deposit Daily Summary and Chain of Custody Documentation Hawaii County [#831]
Aloha,
Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address.
I hereby request in electronic format the following:
1. Places of deposit (ballot collection boxes, aka "drop boxes") daily summary for the 2022 Primary election which shows the number of ballot envelopes retrieved from each collection box from the first date of collection through the final date of collection.
2. Chain of Custody documentation for each place of deposit for each date that ballots were collected for the 2022 Primary election, this would be the paperwork which has the initials or signatures of employees who emptied the ballot collection boxes, the date and time ballots were collected, and any other documentation included on your internal paperwork that documents ballot envelope pickup from the collection boxes.
Mahalo,
<< Name removed >> << Name removed >>