Vote to proceed involving self-governing by Native Hawaiians

Source: Associated Press

Vote to proceed involving self-governing by Native Hawaiians
Audrey Mcavoy, Associated Press
Updated 7:20 pm, Friday, October 23, 2015

HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that an election can go forward to choose delegates to draft a document allowing Native Hawaiians to govern themselves.

U.S. District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright explained the election is a private poll — not one run by the state — as he denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the vote set for next month.

Native Hawaiians are the last remaining indigenous group in the U.S. that hasn't been allowed to establish its own government.

In 2011, the state passed a law recognizing Hawaiians as the first people of Hawaii and laid the foundation for Native Hawaiians to establish their own government.





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