Kevin Hirt of Common Cause Hawaii urges expanded access to voting

Kevin Hirt, who identified himself as director of Common Cause Hawaii, said the organization is working to broaden access to voting and cited people held pretrial as a group disproportionately unable to cast ballots because they cannot post bail. "There are people who are waiting for trials in our jail system, who are too poor to post bail... They won't be able to vote this election," Hirt said.

Hirt also raised equity concerns about ballot‑dropbox placement, saying the fewest dropboxes often sit where the largest Native Hawaiian populations live. He said Common Cause plans voter‑access supports including signature collection and organizing buses to polling places for the general election.