Generally, open records are positive: they provide transparency in government operations that guards against corruption, so overall are good for the public. But when government itself overreaches to go fishing for citizens’ private information and voting choices, that’s not so good.

So Hawaii’s county clerks have made an appropriate response, in releasing only limited voter information to a Trump administration commission probing alleged voter fraud across the U.S. Under Hawaii law, the only publicly available information on voters are their names, precincts and whether they participated in the last two elections. The federal commission had also sought party affiliations, addresses and voting histories.

How one votes in the privacy of the polling booth (or one’s home, via mail ballot) should be just that — private.

Time to be careful around your produce

Fastidious food prep and dining are now in order. The state Department of Health is advising more attentiveness to everyday practices in the aftermath of its announcement on Wednesday that an Oahu resident has been hospitalized with rat lungworm disease. So far this year there have been 16 cases statewide — a jump from last year’s tally of 11.

People can contract the serious disease by eating parasite-infected raw or undercooked slugs and snails, as well as freshwater prawns, frogs and crabs. To prevent infection: inspect, thoroughly wash and properly store raw produce, especially leafy greens; and make sure dishes and containers are free of tiny slugs and snails. Also, rid your residence of those creatures, as well as rats (all potential vectors for the disease). More information is available online .