NOW AVAILABLE: NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD CANDIDATE AND

VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS

            The Neighborhood Commission Office today released candidate application and voter registration forms for upcoming Neighborhood Board elections. Both forms may be downloaded at http://www.honolulu.gov/nco.  Completed forms must be postmarked by February 20, 2009, or can be hand delivered to the Commission Office at Honolulu Hale Room #406 by 4:30 p.m. on February 20, 2009.

The 2009 Neighborhood Board elections will be held in April and May of next year. At stake are 445 seats on Oahu’s 33 Neighborhood Boards, whose volunteer members hold monthly meetings and serve as advisors on community concerns.

Oahu residents who voted in the 2008 state election are pre-registered to vote in the Neighborhood Board elections. Those who did not vote, voted but changed residences since the election, or are non-citizen residents must file a voter registration form in order to vote in the 2009 Neighborhood Board elections.

The Neighborhood Board system was created in 1973 to increase and assure effective citizen participation in government decision-making.

More information on the elections and boards is available at www.honolulu.gov/nco.

Contact:  Bryan Mick, Neighborhood Commission Office, 768-3717