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Please provide the record of postage paid for at least 48,683 mail return envelopes delivered to the County of Hawaii from the USPS during the 2024 general Election.
- Request to:
- Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk
- Law used:
- State of Hawaii UIPA
- Status of this request:
- Request awaits classification
- << Name Not Public >>
- 10/14/2025
- Hawaii County Office of the...
- 10/27/2025
- << Name Not Public >>
- 10/27/2025
- Hawaii County Office of the...
- 11/05/2025
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| From | << Name Not Public >> |
| Subject | Records Request for Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk: Please provide the record of postage paid for at least 48,683 mail return envelopes delivered to the County of Hawaii from the USPS during the 2024 general Election. [#1580] |
| Date | Oct. 14, 2025, 8:51 a.m. |
| To | Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk |
| Status | Awaiting response |
| Attachments |
Aloha,
Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address.
Mahalo,
<< Name removed >> << Name removed >>
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<< Name Not Public >>
- 6 months, 1 week agoOct. 14, 2025, 8:51 a.m.: << Name Not Public >> sent a message to Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk.
| From | Araceley, Relley – Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk |
| Subject | FW: Records Request |
| Date | Oct. 27, 2025, 11:59 a.m. |
| Attachments |
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Aloha Mr. << Name removed >> ,
On October 14, 2025, the Office of the County Clerk, County of Hawaii received your attached request for:
"the record of postage paid for at least 48,683 mail return envelopes delivered to the County of Hawaii from the USPS during the 2024 general Election. Background The County of Hawaii has detailed records collecting 27,912 mail ballots in drop boxes across Hawaii County during the 2024 Election. The County of Hawaii claims that the remaining 48,683 were delivered through the mail vis the USPS. Note. The county of Hawaii could be defrauding the Federal Government if the postage was not paid. Possible HAVA violations."
After initial discussion we have also attached our Notice to Requester ("NTR") form which asks if you could please clarify what you mean by "mail return envelopes" as stated in your request above.
Mahalo,
Mr. Relley Araceley
Office of the County Clerk
County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1402
Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 961-8429
From: << Name removed >> << Name removed >> (EC) < <name and email address >>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2025 8:59 AM
To: Henricks, Jon < <name and email address >>
Cc: Saiki, Cori < <name and email address >>
Subject: Records Request
Hello please see attached records request.
Please provide the record of postage paid for at least 48,683 mail return envelopes delivered to the County of Hawaii from the USPS during the 2024 general Election. Background The County of Hawaii has detailed records collecting 27,912 mail ballots in drop boxes across Hawaii County during the 2024 Election. The County of Hawaii claims that the remaining 48,683 were delivered through the mail vis the USPS. Note. The county of Hawaii could be defrauding the Federal Government if the postage was not paid. Possible HAVA violations.
Sincerely,
<< Name removed >> << Name removed >>
- 5 months, 3 weeks agoOct. 27, 2025, 11:59 a.m.: Received an email from Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk.
- 5 months, 3 weeks agoOct. 27, 2025, 8:08 p.m.: << Name Not Public >> published an attachment on request Please provide the record of postage paid for at least 48,683 mail return envelopes delivered to the County of Hawaii from the USPS during the 2024 general Election..
| From | << Name Not Public >> |
| Subject | FW: Records Request [#1580] |
| Date | Oct. 27, 2025, 8:11 p.m. |
| To | Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk |
Dear Sir or Madam,
.Please give us the records showing the total postage paid for mail ballot packets returned by the post office containing voted ballots...
Sincerely yours
<<Name removed >> << Name removed >>
- 5 months, 3 weeks agoOct. 27, 2025, 8:11 p.m.: << Name Not Public >> sent a message to Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk.
| From | Araceley, Relley – Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk |
| Subject | RE: Records Request [#1580] |
| Date | Nov. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m. |
| Attachments |
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Aloha Mr. << Name removed >> ,
Thank you for your clarification.
In response to your request, we have attached our NTR form (Notice-to-Requester) which states that pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes § 92F-11(c), our office does not maintain the records you are requesting.
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: << Name removed >> << Name removed >> <<name and email address> >
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2025 8:11 PM
To: Araceley, Relley < <name and email address> >
Subject: FW: Records Request [#1580]
Dear Sir or Madam,
.Please give us the records showing the total postage paid for mail ballot packets returned by the post office containing voted ballots...
Sincerely yours
<< Name removed >> << Name removed >>
- 5 months, 2 weeks agoNov. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m.: Received an email from Hawaii County Office of the County Clerk.
- 4 months, 2 weeks agoDec. 4, 2025, 6:40 a.m.: << Name Not Public >> published an attachment on request Please provide the record of postage paid for at least 48,683 mail return envelopes delivered to the County of Hawaii from the USPS during the 2024 general Election..