The state Elections Commission has asked the Legislature to revert to in-person, same-day voting. But experts say voting by mail is safe and popular.

Brodie Lockard may be a wheelchair-bound voter, as he described himself, but he cast ballots by mail for 25 years straight and never missed an election because he was stuck in bed, or it was raining hard, or his adaptive van would not start.

“Hawaiʻi voters have enough hurdles without losing this tool that was so effective during Covid and has continued to let many thousands vote more conveniently,” he told the Hawaiʻi Elections Commission Wednesday via Zoom. “I don’t know why anyone will want to drive for miles and stand in line for hours when they can vote securely from their living room at their convenience.”

Lockard testified in suppor

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