UPDATE: http://www.khon2.com/...
Challenges at the Hawaii Caucuses
By Tammy Mori
THIS IS A SNIP:
Thousands of hawaii voters flooded tonight's caucuses.
Organizers were overwhelmed by the tremendous turn out- and so were their resources.
There wasn't enough ballots, parking spots, or volunteers to accommodate all the voters that showed up.
Two hours before voting time- there were people lined outside of Kawananakoa Middle school.
"This is unbelievable. I've never seen so many people," says Terry Hunt, a volunteer with the Obama Campaign.
Because the race between Clinton and Obama is so close, they were determined to make their vote count.
Thanks Hawai'i, from Illinois. From one adopted home state to his home state!
"She's 88 years old and happy alive today to come. This is her first caucus ever," says Sabrina Montgomery, about her mother.
But as the night wore on, so did people's patience.
"It looks like there is no parking," says Marilyn Schank, a driver.
"You should see the lines outside of Kawananakoa, it's just crazy," says Representative Sylvia Luke, who showed up to vote.
When the doors opened to the cafeteria, there's only one word to describe what happened next...
"Oh, this is so chaotic," smiles a voter.
INITIAL RESULTS FROM 26 PRECINCTSINITIAL RESULTS FROM 26 PRECINCTS
666 CLINTON
2258 OBAMA
2 EDWARDS
12 KUCINICH
4 UNCOMMITTED
**LESS THAN 10-PERCENT OF THE PRECINCTS VOTES...
26 precincts
UPDATE:
5436 OBAMA
1875 CLINTON
Precinct results coming in faster
**Preliminary partial results of the Hawai'i Presidential Preference Poll :
With about 40% of Congressional District One reporting, ballots cast in the district are reported as follows:
Barack Obama 4,302
Hillary Clinton 1,542
Dennis Kucinich and John Edwards received votes falling far short of the 15% required to be allocated a delegate.
With about 20% of Congressional district Two reporting, ballots cast in the district are reported as follows:
Barack Obama 1,134
Hillary Clinton 333
Dennis Kucinich and John Edwards received votes falling far short of the 15% required to be allocated a delegate.
Notice: The next preliminary partial result will be posted shortly after the live announcement at 11:00 p.m. HST**