It’s Primary Election Day in Hawai‘i.
As of 5 p.m. Friday, the Hawai‘i County Elections Division received 36,567 ballots (32%) of the 113,552 issued on the Big Island for the Aug. 8 primary.
It’s now too late to mail your ballot. They must be received — not postmarked — by 7 p.m. on Aug. 8 to be counted.
But today, ballots can be dropped off by 7 p.m. at any of the 10 drop off box locations around the Big Island:

Those who want to vote in-person can do so at the two voter service centers. Anyone who is in line by 7 p.m. can vote.
Additional election services such as voter registration and accessible voting also are offered at the centers.
You can track your mailed-in ballot with BallotTrax to know when it was returned and counted. Click here to see statewide voter turnout numbers.
Here’s a look at the races on this year’s primary ballot.
All 9 Hawai‘i County Council seats are up for grabs in this year’s election, with Ashley Kierkiewicz, Matt Kaneali‘i-Kleinfelder and Rebecca Villegas term-limited and Michelle Galimba choosing not to seek re-election.
That leaves five incumbents seeking re-election. Two are running unopposed: Holeka Inaba in District 8 and James Hustace in District 9.
Three of the incumbents have competition: Heather Kimball in District 1, Jennifer “Jenn” Kagiwada in District 2 and Dennis “Fresh” Onishi is in District 3.
Districts 4, 5, 6 and 7 all are open seats with multiple political newcomers in the races.
Learn more about each council race:

District 1: Incumbent Heather Kimball seeks re-election for 4th and final term against two challengers
District 2: District 2 incumbent for Hawai‘i County Council faces 4 challengers
District 3: Incumbent versus challenger, with primary winner capturing the Hawaiʻi County Council seat
District 4: Hawaiʻi County’s District 4 is an open council seat with Ashley Kierkiewicz unable to run due to term limits
District 5: District 5 candidates for Hawaiʻi County Council bring distinct knowledge, experiences to race
District 6: Candidates for Ka‘ū District seat on Hawai‘i County Council talk priorities for rural and remote area
District 7: 3 candidates running for open Kona District County Council seat talk housing, parks, infrastructure
Districts 8 and 9: These seats are uncontested.

For state elections, 3 hopefuls look to unseat incumbent frontrunner Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green in the Democratic primary, one of them from the Big Island. The East Hawai‘i resident is George “Teva” Lucas-Tadeo along with Duke Bourgoin and Lauren Kapoliahi‘aka Shim.
There are 2 candidates in the Republican primary for governor: Ken Fujiyama of Hilo and Gary Cordery.
Four nonpartisan candidates also hope to make it to the November general election, including John “Raghu” Giuffre of Hilo, Bu Laia Hill, Clyde “Mac” McClain Lewman and Calvert Williamson.
The state Office of Elections says for a nonpartisan candidate to appear on the general election ballot, they must meet either receive at least 10% of the votes cast for the office or receive a vote equal to or greater than the lowest vote received by the partisan candidate nominated.
“If more nonpartisan candidates qualify to run in the general election than there are seats available, then the nonpartisan candidate who receives the most votes will appear on the general election ballot,” the office website says.
In the primary for state offices, voters must select a party and only vote for a candidate in that party.
Four Democrats are running for lieutenant governor, including term-limited Kaua‘i Mayor Derek Kawakami. Also in the race is state lawmaker Della Au Belatti, John Cho, Ku L. “Bobby” Cuadra and Sam Puletasi.
On the Republican side, 4 others are seeking the nomination and spot on the November general election ballot: Daniel Anthony, Hopelin “Hope” Cresencia, Margaret Rose Mejia and Robert Peters. Nonpartisan candidate Kilakila Kamau also is hoping to be on the November ballot.

Several state lawmakers and one U.S. congressional seat are also on Big Island primary ballot.
Puna state Sen. Joy San Bueneventura is seeking the Democratic nomination for Senate District Seat 2. She is challenged by Tanjya Yamanaka Aynessazian of Pāhoa. Libertarian candidate Frederick Fogel of Volcano is running unopposed for that party’s nomination for the seat.
Incumbent District 2 state Rep. Sue Keohokapu-Lee Loy, a Democrat from Hilo, will face-off against Cristina Holt of Pāpaʻikou in the Democratic primary, while lone Republican Jonathan Kennealy of Hilo will move forward uncontested in the GOP primary.
State Rep. Chris Todd of Hilo, the Democrat incumbent for District 3, will compete against Kuulei “Kiana” Keawekane of Hilo in the Democratic primary. Austin Martin of Kurtistown is the lone Libertarian, who will move on to the November general election unopposed.
Puna state Rep. Greggor Ilagan of District 4 is being challenged by Tamlyn “Tam” Hunt from Kea‘au in this year’s Democratic primary. Republican Zak Wittenhagen from Pāhoa is running unopposed on that side of the aisle for the seat.
Hawai‘i House District 5 Democratic primary features incumbent Jeanné Kapela of Captain Cook against familiar county council face Matt Kaneali‘i-Kleinfelder of Hilo. Loan Republican Dalene McCormick of Captain Cook will move on to the November race as she is unopposed in the GOP primary.
Waimea incumbent David Tarnas in House District 8 is running unopposed in the Democratic primary for his seat. However, there are two Republicans looking to move on to the November general election to take him on: Hope Alohalani of Kapa‘au and Monique Perreira of Waimea.
Districts 1, 6 and 7 of the state House, represented by Matthias Kusch, Kristin Kahaloa and Nicole Lowen, respectively, are all unopposed. Each incumbent will win their seats outright in the primary because they have no opposition.
At the national level, incumbent District 2 U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda will face-off against Kirill Basin, who was recently charged with two counts of first degree terroristic threatening, and Big Island residents Greg Guithues and Steven King. Awa Brenton is the lone Republican in the GOP primary, and Edward Codelia as well as Randall Terry are running as nonpartisans in this year’s primary.