Honolulu Charter Amendment Question 1: Food Security
Honolulu County, Hawaii
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 51 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 1,001,146 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(1,445,235 ÷ 1,001,146) ÷ ln(50,000) = 51.7, measured against a statewide vote in HI (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Ballot Measure
Supports: Social Programs and Welfare
Honolulu would create a Food Security Fund to pay for programs, grants, and subsidies that make locally grown food easier to get on Oʻahu. To pay for it, the share of property-tax money set aside for the charter's special funds would rise from 2.5% to 3%, split equally among six funds.
Read the official ballot measure (PDF)
A YES vote means
A new Food Security Fund is created, and slightly more property-tax money goes to the city's special funds.
A NO vote means
No food fund is created, and the special funds keep getting 2.5% of property-tax money.
Source: honolulucitycouncil.org