Absentee applications will be mailed to over 6,000 Hawaii voters affected by the lava, said the state Office of Elections and the Hawaii County Elections Division.

Voters assigned to Pahoa Community Center and Pahoa High &Intermediate will receive applications to request a mail-in ballot for the upcoming election or to update their addresses if they relocated. Individuals at evacuation centers in Pahoa will receive the voter information through outreach from the county Elections Division.

The voter registration deadline for the primary election is July 12, while the deadline to submit the application for a mail-in ballot is Aug. 4.

For candidates hoping to get a spot on the 2018 election ballot, the deadline to file nomination papers is today at 4:30 p.m. Nedielyn Bueno from the Office of Elections said the number of individuals who already have filed candidacy papers is similar to numbers from past years. As of now, 57 percent of the individuals have filed candidacy papers, compared with 55 percent around this same time in 2016, she said.

Walk-in voting for the 2018 primary election will take place Aug. 11 and includes candidates running for seats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, as well as governor, lieutenant governor, state Senate, state House of Representatives, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee. Additionally, Council members will be elected for Hawaii, Maui and Kauai counties as well as the city and county of Honolulu. Both Maui and Kauai also will be electing a mayor.

The candidates selected during the primary election will move on to the general election, with walk-in voting taking place Nov. 6. The voter registration deadline for the general election is Oct. 9. For absentee voters the deadline to submit an application for a mail-in ballot is Oct. 30.