Due to a technical glitch, the first-ever Virtual Hawai’i County Democratic Party Grand Rally is rescheduled to premiere at 5:30 p.m., Wed., July 22, 2020 on Na Leo TV – Spectrum Channel 54, naleo.tv/channel-54. It will be streamed concurrently on Facebook and repeated almost daily at different times thereafter thru the Sat., Aug. 8 Primary Election.
To view the Virtual Grand Rally premiere, tune in to Spectrum Channel 54, or online at naleo.tv/channel-54/. The program also will be streamed concurrently on Na Leo's mobile app available in iOS and Google Play Marketplaces, and on Hawai’i County Democrats’ Facebook page. It will be saved to YouTube for on-demand replay on both naleo.tv and www.HawaiiCountyDemocrats.org.
The program will be replayed on Spectrum and naleo.tv almost daily thru the Aug. 8 Primary Election. Here is the schedule for the next several days:
· Thur., 7/23 @ 9:30 am – Channel 53
· Fri., 7/24 @ 8:30 am – Channel 54
· Sat., 7/25 @ 4 pm – Channel 54
· Sun., 7/26 @ 1:30 pm – Channel 53
· Mon., 7/27 @ 3:30 pm – Channel 54
· Tues.,7/28 @ 10 am – Channel 53
· Wed., 7/29 @ 2 pm – Channel 53
Additional airings will be announced here and on the Hawai’i County Democrats’ Facebook page and Na Leo TV’s website.
Featured on the virtual program will be many Democratic Party VIPs and candidates including Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz, U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard, Gov. David Ige and Lt. Gov. Josh Green and Interim Party Chair Kate Stanley. Then, Democrat candidates in all Primary races that will appear on ballots around Hawai’i Island will take center stage – virtually.
With ballots in hand, voters islandwide are invited to hear from candidates who are locked in exciting races for Congress, State Senate, State House, Hawai’i County Mayor, County Council, County Prosecutor and Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
Hawai’i County Democrats have hosted pre-election Grand Rallies every election year since 1954 – usually in Hilo’s historic Mo’oheau Bandstand. In transforming the popular event to virtual space due to the Covid pandemic, party leaders also decided to schedule it to premiere as close as possible to the arrival of Primary Election ballots in the mail, said Virtual Grand Rally Chair Gerri Kahili.
“We thank Na Leo TV for helping make this possible and all of our elected leaders and candidates for their participation. We know that the Covid situation has made it extremely challenging for candidates to reach voters, and voters to meet candidates. We hope this Virtual Grand Rally helps with connecting candidates and voters,” said Kahili.