Judge denies Hanabusa injunction to stop last 2 Hawai'i precincts from voting

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Thursday August 14, 2014 · 3:06 PM PDT

2014/08/14 · 15:06

no image description available — Senator Brian Schatz helping Hurricane victims vs Colleen Hanabusa using them as a photo op

According to Hawaii News Now, Hilo Circuit Judge Greg Nakamura has denied Colleen Hanabusa's request to delay the last two Hawaii precincts from voting tomorrow (Friday Aug 15,2014):

Hanabusa trails U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz by 1,635 in the race for the remainder of the term of the late U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye. In the other two Puna precincts where voting went ahead last Saturday, Schatz garnered about 10 percent more of the vote than Hanabusa.

Hanabusa winning with the Puna vote is mathematically unlikely. Her best showing in her home town precinct was 63% of the vote. She'd have to get more than that if all 8,000+ voters showed up. Given the 37% turn-out in neighboring precincts, she'd have to get about 80% of likely voters to pull ahead of Senator Brian Schatz.

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) actually working and refusing to grant interviews vs challenger Colleen Hanabusa (conserva-dem) using Puna's misfortune as a campaign photo op.

Senator Brian Schatz helping Hurricane victims vs Colleen Hanabusa using them as a photo op

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