It will be easier for voters to approve Honolulu's proposed $4 billion commuter rail line than some of the other questions on the November ballot.

Blank votes will not be counted as “;no”; votes on the rail issue and other City Charter amendments, according to Honolulu Election Administrator Glen Takahashi.

That is different from ballot questions that would change the state Constitution.

If “;yes”; votes outnumber “;no”; votes on the rail question, it would pass regardless of how many blank ballots there are.

“;There's a higher threshold for passage for state constitutional amendments,”; said Takahashi.

The rail question on the ballot will ask voters whether the Honolulu city government should establish a steel-wheel-on-steel-rail transit system.

The 20-mile rail line is being pushed by Mayor Mufi Hannemann and opposed by Councilwoman Ann Kobayashi, his opponent in the Nov. 4 face-off.