[1] In a 2020 study, Hawaii was ranked as the 6th-easiest state for citizens to vote in, based on registration and identification requirements, and convenience provisions.
Since its admission in 1959, Hawaii has participated in 16 indirect presidential elections which have been held every four years since 1960.
Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz serve as the state's current senators.
All twenty-five members of the Hawaii Senate are elected in single-member constituent districts.
All fifty-one members of the Hawaii House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms in single-member constituent districts.
The islands of Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Hawai‘i each have one representative trustee; the rest serve in an at-large capacity.
As of August 2024, there are eight registered political parties in Hawaii:[4] For a political party to qualify, it must petition for signatures of at least 0.1% of total registered voters as of the previous general election.
For a registered party to remain qualified, it must have run a candidate in the previous general election for any statewide office or U.S. Representative seat whose incumbent was either barred from or chose not to run for re-election.