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Honolulu Star-Advertiser Accused of Vote Suppression and Partisan Politics

House District 26 Candidate Eric Marshall (R) and HD 37 Candidate Emil Svrcina (R) Accuse the Honolulu Star-Advertiser of Vote Suppression and Partisan Politics

By Eric Marshall

October 16, 2014

(Honolulu, HI) Eric Marshall, State Representative candidate for House District #26 running against incumbent the House Majority Leader [HPI note: Scott K. Saiki (D)] wants to question why Honolulu’s only daily newspaper has chosen not to release a General Election Guide before the absentee ballots were delivered to homes across the state. A few reporters from the paper itself have noted in their articles that the ballots would be mailed Tuesday Oct. 14th. Yet there is no information or answers to candidate’s surveys published or even released online. Marshall notes that most election statistics prove that most Absentee Voters will vote in the very first few days of receiving their ballots. An alarming 50 percent of the voters will be voting absentee this election and before this Sunday (The assumed published date of the guide). So the question begs to be asked is why would the newspaper be so negligent and derelict of its responsibilities to its customers and the public?

Candidate Marshall’s only conclusion is that it was a clearly intentionally and blatant attempt to lower voter turnout and to instill voter suppression in a Republican leaning election cycle. He says that it has been clear that the newspaper’s Management and Editorial staff have constantly sided in their editorials with hardline progressive Democrat beliefs. They have also heavily endorsed Democrat candidates. Clearly it is in the newspapers biased self-interest to support their favored incumbents who most often spend money on the paper for political advertising.
Representative Candidate Marshall calls upon all other media outlets, incumbent legislators, first time candidates as well as the voting public to demand the paper to reveal its true intentions or to apologize for its blatant attempts to manipulate the elections process and usurp generations of media precedent. It should also immediately release the candidate surveys and showcase all races and candidates information ASAP.

 
Statement of Support for Eric Marshall's Stance

By Emil Svrcina
State Representative candidate for House District #37

I support Eric Marshall's press release 100 percent.

Hawaii has been ruled by Democrats for six decades so corruption on many levels is disgusting, but expected by me, but it still makes me sad, that the major newspaper in Hawaii — the Honolulu Star-Advertiser — has to be justifiably accused of blatant vote suppression and partisan politics.

The communistic tyranny under which I had to spend the first half of my life did behave the same way. The single media source in communist Czechoslovakia was 100 percent controlled by the communist party. We were forced to vote and 100 percent participate in the election process, but we didn't have any real choices in candidates.

Here in Hawaii only the Democratic party (not the people) benefits from one progressive newspaper and lockstep reporting by various TV channels.

I believe in researching diverse media resources and perspectives and having a debate about important issues.

How else can you expect America to return to her once great and exceptional status without American press properly informing, educating and actively reminding VOTERS about their precious rights as American citizens and in this case their choices of candidates they have?

Why do we candidates waste our time filling all those lengthy surveys, if they are not published and available to the public on time?

Unless of course similarly to the communist tyranny of the past we are today, right here and right now witnessing an intentional attempt to mind control, manipulate and fool people — to keep them uninformed, confused, scared and ignorant little people. Exactly as the Democratic party — the party of the little people — needs them to stay.

In my opinion people in charge of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser are not interested in what honorable legacy they leave for their children, your children and for the future generations of Americans. Instead of being the information source of the truth setting everybody free, they have chosen to betray our Founding Fathers, they have chosen to leave the land of the free and home of the brave for the land of the greed and home of the slaves — sellouts to the elitists, narcissists, rulers of today — against "we the people."

I pray you, the True American voter, will replace your FEAR with FAITH and find God again and have then the necessary courage to vote your conscience to save our precious land and to save your own soul.

I support Eric Marhall's press release 100 percent.

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2014 General Election Candidate Information [Hawaii Political Info]