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The League of Women Voters is holding a nonpartisan, voter education workshop in the Hawaii Betsuin social hall the evening of January 28. The event is open to all, members of the temple and the general public alike.

Here in Hawaii, where we do not have a presidential primary, the election season begins with party preferential polls starting in April. Later, on August 8, is a primary election for all races.

In the primary and general elections, a big change this election season is that voters will mail in their ballots.

The workshop will cover:

• How party preferential polls work, how candidates are selected, and how delegates to the national conventions are determined. Party representatives will explain their processes.
• How Vote by Mail works and how to use the Office of Elections website to register to vote. Representatives from the League of Women Voters of Honolulu will explain.

All interested citizens of all parties and political persuasions
are invited to attend this free presentation.

 The ideals of the Shinshu… are founded upon the principles of absolute equality; they do not allow any artificial or manmade distinctions among us…. To be under the same conditions means that we are all brothers and friends. No wonder Buddhism as interpreted by St. Shinran is filled with the spirits of equality and fraternity­—which are the fundamental sentiments of democracy.
– Yemyo Imamura, “Democracy According to the Buddhist Viewpoint,” Hongwanji Mission, Honolulu, T.H., May 1, 1918