Who should vote in Office of Hawaiian Affairs races? Some say it’s everyone’s kuleana

The debate over who should vote for OHA races is a “sensitive” subject, Lindsey said. Some Hawaiians don’t want to vote for OHA at all, preferring sovereignty and the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Faced with a decision of whether to cast a vote in OHA races, many voters simply decide not to. But, as generations have gone by, many people think that “Native Hawaiians must have recovered, and that’s just not true.” That heavy history potentially weighs on the minds of non-Hawaiian voters who choose not to cast a ballot in OHA races.