Two Hawaii Election Commissioners Ask Supreme Court to End Standoff

Hawaii’s Elections Commission has gone months without meeting after commissioners failed to choose a new chair, leaving the panel unable to carry out its election oversight during a contentious election season. Two commissioners asked the state Supreme Court to intervene, arguing the Office of Elections should help arrange meetings; the office says a majority of commissioners must request that support. At a hearing, justices questioned why staff could not help coordinate a meeting and emphasized the commission’s responsibility to resume its work, but the court recessed without ruling.