The state Capitol in Honolulu is now a hive of activity to support the Aug. 8 state primary elections.

Hawai‘i Office of Elections on July 27 moved into the Capitol to set up ballot counting and processing operations.

Administratively attached to Hawai‘i Department of Accounting and General Services, the elections office team moves into the capitol 18 days prior to a primary election to support ballot counting and other election functions.

The senate chamber is set up for ballot tabulations the night of the elections. Volunteers — before the votes are counted — open and sort the ballots, including tens of thousands of mail-in ballots, in a room on the third floor.

Workers and volunteers will prepare the ballots 6 days a week through Election Day.

Well more than 100,000 ballots already arrived as of July 30 by mail. Ballots are not counted until the last vote is cast.

Four hundred volunteers joined the effort statewide; 200 at the Capitol alone, all working in shifts.

Voting closes at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 and will accommodate the last person in line as of that time. To ensure your vote is counted, you must be in line at a voter service center or your voted mail ballot must be received by the deadline.

Visit the Hawai‘i Office of Elections website or call 808-453-VOTE (8683) for all of your official election information.