Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election - Honolulu News Story - KITV Honolulu

Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election - Honolulu News Story - KITV Honolulu:

Officials saw an 83 percent drop in the number of voters participating in the Honolulu Neighborhood Board's recent election that is the nation's first all-digital election, where people could vote over the Internet or by phone.

For the first time, Oahu voters had to use computers or the telephone to vote for their neighborhood board candidates and many people did not bother.

About 7,300 people voted this year, compared to 44,000 people who voted in the last neighborhood board race in 2007.