First steps toward Native Hawaiian sovereignty get tripped up

KILAUEA, Hawaii — The results were supposed to be announced on the first day of December.

But the historic first election that could lead to sovereignty for Native Hawaiians didn’t even make it to the final day of voting without a legal challenge pulling it to a halt.

No one thought this was going to be easy.

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