Who We Are

The Office of the City Clerk is an agency of the legislative branch of the City and County of Honolulu. The Elections Division performs voter registration and election responsibilities delegated to the City Clerk under the Revised Charter of the City and County of Honolulu and State law.

Conducting elections involves: registering voters, maintaining the voter registration database on behalf of the four counties and the State of Hawaii, maintaining address data and district data; checking signatures on city candidate/initiative petitions; accepting candidate filings; issuing and mailing absentee ballots; accepting, accounting for, and processing returned ballots; establishing walk in voting locations; The Office of the City Clerk also accepts financial disclosure filings of candidates and City employees and provides clerical support to the Honolulu City Council.

The Elections Division has 5 full-time employees and employs seasonal employees during election years. For major elections like Primary and General elections, the Division will employ as many as 100 seasonal election workers

For election purposes, the City and County of Honolulu is comprised of the entire island of Oahu and the northwest Hawaiian islands. Honolulu is the largest county in Hawaii and has a population of over 900,000 persons. As of June 2008, there are over 451,000 registered voters in the county.

Denise C. De Costa, City Clerk

City & County of Honolulu