The New York stock exchange will reopen today, after being closed for 2 days in anticipation of superstorm Sandy.

The campaign between mayoral candidates Kirk Caldwell and Ben Cayetano appears to be close, at least according to a poll conducted by Civil Beat. Out of 886 likely general election voters, 50% were for Cayetano and 45% favored Caldwell. Civil Beat reports that Caldwell has gained in every poll they sponsored so far. Another poll conducted by the Star Advertiser that was released on Sunday showed Caldwell leading Cayetano at 53 to 42 percent.

Today is the last day to apply for absentee ballots for the November 6th election. Any person who is registered to vote can vote by absentee ballot.

Presidential campaign events have been cancelled and Wall Street has been shut down for the first time since 2001 in anticipation of the Sandy storm system hitting the eastern coast of the United States.

AP reports:

As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering. Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended only on Friday.

We're tracking reports of failed warning sirens from Saturday night's tsunami warning. So far, we've received reports of malfunctioning sirens in Kapolei, O‘ahu and Hilo, Hawai‘i.

Governor Abercrombie's disaster proclamation, signed a few minutes ago, activates the Hawaii National Guard and suspends several state laws, including procurement and workers rights.