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HI Rev Stat § 12-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-2 Primary held when; candidates only those nominated.

 §12-2 Primary held when; candidates only those nominated. The primary shall be held on the second Saturday of August in every even numbered year.  No person shall be a candidate for any general or special general election unless the person has been nominated in the immediately preceding primary or special primary. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §2(a); am L 1975, c 36, §2(1); am L 1976, c 106, §2(1); am L 1979, c 122, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 2010, c 126, §2] Case Notes  Court abstained from deciding whether Hawaii statute bans write-in voting. 846 F.2d 587.  Casting of write-in votes not permitted. 70 H. 498, 776 P.2d 824.
HI Rev Stat § 12-2.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-2.5 Nomination papers; when available.

  §12-2.5 Nomination papers; when available. [Repeal and reenactment on November 9, 2022. L 2021, c 14,  §9(2).] Nomination papers shall be made available from the first working day of March in every even-numbered year; provided that in the case of a special primary or special election, nomination papers shall be made available at least ten days before the close of filing. [L 1979, c 133, §7; am L 1990, c 35, §6; am L 2021, c 14, §4]
HI Rev Stat § 12-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-4 Nomination papers; qualifications of signers.

 §12-4 Nomination papers; qualifications of signers. (a) No person shall sign the nomination papers of more than one candidate, partisan or nonpartisan, for the same office, unless there is more than one office in a class in which case no person shall sign papers for more than the actual number of offices in a class. Nomination papers shall be construed in this regard according to priority of filing, and the name of any person appearing thereon shall be counted only so long as this provision is not violated, and not thereafter.  (b) Names on nomination papers shall not be counted, unless the signer is a registered voter and is eligible to vote for the candidate. The chief election officer or clerk shall use the most currently compiled general county register available at the time the nomination paper is presented for filing to determine the eligibility of the registered voters to sign for the candidate. Voter registration affidavits that have not been entered into the voter register by the clerk shall not be considered or accepted for this check. At the time of filing, the chief election officer or clerk may reject the candidate's nomination paper for lack of sufficient signers who are eligible to vote for the candidate.  (c) Any registered voter who, after signing a nomination paper, seeks to withdraw the voter's signature shall do so by providing written notice to the chief election officer, or clerk in the case of a county office, any time before the filing of the candidate's nomination paper; provided that the notice is received by the chief election officer, or clerk in the case of a county office, no later than 4:30 p.m. on the fourth business day prior to the close of filing pursuant to section 12-6. The written notice shall include the voter's name, residence address, the month and date portions of the voter's date of birth, the voter's signature, the name of the candidate, and a statement that the voter wishes to remove the voter's signature from the candidate's nomination paper; provided that the written notice shall not require the voter's social security number or any portion thereof and the year portion of the voter's date of birth. Any request by a registered voter to remove the voter's signature from a candidate's nomination paper that is received by the chief election officer, or clerk in the case of a county office, after the candidate's nomination paper has been filed or after 4:30 p.m. on the fourth business day prior to the close of filing shall not be accepted.  (d) Within twenty-four hours upon receipt of a written notice pursuant to subsection (c), the chief election officer, or clerk in the case of a county office, shall send written notice via registered mail to the candidate that the voter requested to have the voter's signature removed from the candidate's nomination paper and that the signature of the voter shall not be counted. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1974, c 34, §2(a); am L 1996, c 173, §5; am L 1997, c 288, §2; am L 2019, c 22, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 12-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-5 Nomination papers: number of signers.

 §12-5 Nomination papers: number of signers. (a) Nomination papers for candidates for members of Congress, governor, and lieutenant governor shall be signed by not less than twenty-five registered voters of the State or of the Congressional district from which the candidates are running in the case of candidates for the United States House of Representatives.  (b) Nomination papers for candidates for either branch of the legislature and for county office shall be signed by not less than fifteen registered voters of the district or county or subdivision thereof for which the person nominated is a candidate.  (c) Nomination papers for candidates for members of the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs shall be signed by not less than twenty-five persons registered to vote.  (d) No signatures shall be required on nomination papers for candidates filing to run in a special primary or special election to fill a vacancy. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 196, §6; am L 1990, c 35, §7; am L 2011, c 5, §7; am L 2012, c 225, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 12-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-7 Filing of oath.

 §12-7 Filing of oath. The name of no candidate for any office shall be printed upon any official ballot, in any election, unless the candidate shall have taken and subscribed to the following written oath or affirmation, and filed the oath with the candidate's nomination papers.  The written oath or affirmation shall be in the following form:  "I,..............., do solemnly swear and declare, on oath that if elected to office I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and the Constitution and laws of the State of Hawaii, and will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that if elected I will faithfully discharge my duties as.....(name of office)...............to the best of my ability; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; So help me God."  Upon being satisfied as to the sincerity of any person claiming that the person is unwilling to take the above prescribed oath only because the person is unwilling to be sworn, the person may be permitted, in lieu of the oath, to make the person's solemn affirmation which shall be in the same form as the oath except that the words "sincerely and truly affirm" shall be substituted for the word "swear" and the phrases "on oath" and "So help me God" shall be omitted. Such affirmation shall be of the same force and effect as the prescribed oath.  The oath or affirmation shall be subscribed before the officer administering the same, who shall endorse thereon the fact that the oath was subscribed and sworn to or the affirmation was made together with the date thereof and affix the seal of the officer's office or of the court of which the officer is a judge or clerk.  It shall be the duty of every notary public or other public officer by law authorized to administer oaths to administer the oath or affirmation prescribed by this section and to furnish the required endorsement and authentication. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; gen ch 1985] Case Notes  Where individual did not sign the "certification by the partisan candidate", as mandated by §12-3(a), and either the "oath of loyalty" or the "affirmation", as mandated by this section, the individual's incomplete nomination papers were void on their face, and the county clerk had no authority to "accept" the nomination papers; thus, individual did not become an official candidate for the 14th district. 126 H. 115 (App.), 267 P.3d 699 (2011).
HI Rev Stat § 12-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-9 List of candidates.

 §12-9 List of candidates. As soon as possible but not later than 4:30 p.m. on the fifth day after the close of filing the chief election officer shall transmit to each county clerk and the county clerk shall transmit to the chief election officer certified lists containing the names of all persons, the office for which each is a candidate, and their party designation, or designation of nonpartisanship, as the case may be, for whom nomination papers have been duly filed in his office and who are entitled to be voted for at the primary, special primary or special election. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §2(e)]
HI Rev Stat § 12-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-21 Official party ballots.

  §12-21 Official party ballots. The primary or special primary ballot shall be clearly designated as such. The names of the candidates of each party qualifying under section 11-61 or 11-62 and of nonpartisan candidates may be printed on separate ballots, or on a single ballot. The name of each party and the nonpartisan designation shall be distinctly printed and sufficiently separate from each other. The names of all candidates shall be printed on the ballot as provided in section 11-115. When the names of all candidates of the same party for the same office exceed the maximum number of voting positions on a single side of a ballot card, the excess names may be arranged and listed on both sides of the ballot card and additional ballot cards if necessary. When separate ballots for each party are not used, the order in which parties appear on the ballot, including nonpartisan, shall be determined by lot.  The chief election officer or the county clerk, in the case of county elections, shall approve printed samples or proofs of the respective party ballots as to uniformity of size, weight, shape, and thickness prior to final printing of the official ballots. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §2(f); am L 1979, c 139, §7; am L 1981, c 214, §1; am L 1987, c 232, §2] Attorney General Opinions  Each party's ballot should be separate and severable from the other parties' ballot, and it is impermissible to place candidates of two minor parties on opposite faces of a ballot card. Att. Gen. Op. 80-7.
HI Rev Stat § 12-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-22 REPEALED.

 §12-22 REPEALED. L 1987, c 232, §3.
HI Rev Stat § 12-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-23 REPEALED.

 §12-23 REPEALED. L 1979, c 125, §4.
HI Rev Stat § 12-31 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-31 Selection of party ballot; voting.

  §12-31 Selection of party ballot; voting. No person eligible to vote in any primary or special primary election shall be required to state a party preference or nonpartisanship as a condition of voting. Each voter shall be issued the primary or special primary ballot for each party and the nonpartisan primary or special primary ballot. A voter shall be entitled to vote only for candidates of one party or only for nonpartisan candidates. If the primary or special primary ballot is marked contrary to this paragraph, the ballot shall not be counted.  In any primary or special primary election in the year 1979 and thereafter, a voter shall be entitled to select and to vote the ballot of any one party or nonpartisan, regardless of which ballot the voter voted in any preceding primary or special primary election. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §2(i); am L 1974, c 34, §2(c); am L 1979, c 139, §9; gen ch 1985] Cross References  Constitutional provision, see Const. art. II, §4. Case Notes  Where political party did not develop evidence showing that the State's open primary system severely burdened its associational rights, the party's facial challenge failed; among other things, the party provided no evidence showing a "clear and present danger" that adherents of opposing parties determined the party's nominees. 833 F.3d 1119 (2016).  Where plaintiff claimed provisions requiring an open primary were facially unconstitutional because allowing voters to associate anonymously with a political party violated a party's First Amendment right of free association: (1) plaintiff's purely facial challenge to the open primary failed; and (2) the court could not assess whether plaintiff's associational rights were burdened without considering evidence as to the extent, if any, of that burden. 982 F. Supp. 2d 1166 (2013).  Selection of a party's ballot does not automatically make voter a party member. 56 H. 519, 542 P.2d 1272.
HI Rev Stat § 12-41 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-41 Result of election.

  §12-41 Result of election. (a) The person or persons receiving the greatest number of votes at the primary or special primary as a candidate of a party for an office shall be the candidate of the party at the following general or special general election but not more candidates for a party than there are offices to be elected; provided that any candidate for any county office who is the sole candidate for that office at the primary or special primary election, or who would not be opposed in the general or special general election by any candidate running on any other ticket, nonpartisan or otherwise, and who is nominated at the primary or special primary election shall, after the primary or special primary election, be declared to be duly and legally elected to the office for which the person was a candidate regardless of the number of votes received by that candidate.  (b) Any nonpartisan candidate receiving at least ten per cent of the total votes cast for the office for which the person is a candidate at the primary or special primary, or a vote equal to the lowest vote received by the partisan candidate who was nominated in the primary or special primary, shall also be a candidate at the following election; provided that when more nonpartisan candidates qualify for nomination than there are offices to be voted for at the general or special general election, there shall be certified as candidates for the following election those receiving the highest number of votes, but not more candidates than are to be elected. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §2(j); am L 1979, c 139, §10; am L 1983, c 34, §21] Cross References  Election contests, see chapter 11, pt XI. Attorney General Opinions  For nonpartisan candidate to qualify for placement on the general election ballot, candidate must receive the quantum of vote prescribed, and the provision relating to certification of the candidate with the highest number of votes does not eliminate this requirement. Att. Gen. Op. 78-3. Case Notes  Nonpartisan candidate's constitutional rights were not violated. 881 F.2d 689.  Distinction between partisan and nonpartisan candidates held not in violation of equal protection. 60 H. 282, 588 P.2d 915.  Requirement that nonpartisan candidate obtain ten per cent upheld. 60 H. 282, 588 P.2d 915.
HI Rev Stat § 12-42 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|12. Primary Elections|12-42 Unopposed candidates declared elected.

 §12-42 Unopposed candidates declared elected. (a) Any candidate running for any office in the State of Hawaii in a special election or special primary election who is the sole candidate for that office shall, after the close of filing of nomination papers, be deemed and declared to be duly and legally elected to the office for which the person is a candidate. The term of office for a candidate elected under this subsection shall begin respectively on the day of the special election or on the day of the immediately succeeding special general election.  (b) Any candidate running for any office in the State of Hawaii in a special general election who was only opposed by a candidate or candidates running on the same ticket in the special primary election and is not opposed by any candidate running on any other ticket, nonpartisan or otherwise, and is nominated at the special primary election shall, after the special primary, be deemed and declared to be duly and legally elected to the office for which the person is a candidate at the special primary election regardless of the number of votes received. The term of office for a candidate elected under this subsection shall begin on the day of the special general election. [L 1974, c 34, §2(d); am L 1985, c 203, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 13D-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|13D. Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs|13D-1 Board of trustees; number; composition.

  §13D-1 Board of trustees; number; composition. The board of trustees shall be composed of nine members elected at-large by qualified voters in the State. Of the nine members to be elected one shall reside on the island of Hawaii; one shall reside on the island of Maui; and one shall reside on the island of Molokai; one shall reside on the island of Kauai; and one shall reside on the island of Oahu. [L 1979, c 196, pt of §8; am L 2001, c 55, §3] Cross References  Constitutional provision, see Const. art. XII, §5. Law Journals and Reviews  To Dwell on the Earth in Unity: Rice, Arakaki, and the Growth of Citizenship and Voting Rights in Hawai €˜i. V HBJ No. 13, at pg. 15.  The California Civil Rights Initiative: Why It's Here, Its Far Reaching Effects, and the Unique Situation in Hawai`i. 22 UH L. Rev. 279.  Matters of Trust: Unanswered Questions After Rice v. Cayetano. 23 UH L. Rev. 363.  Doe v. Kamehameha Schools: A "Discrete and Insular Minority" in Hawai €˜i Seventy Years After Carolene Products? 30 UH L. Rev. 295. Case Notes  State's electoral restriction enacted a race-based voting qualification; Hawaii's denial of petitioner's right to vote, where petitioner was not a "Hawaiian", was a clear violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 528 U.S. 495.
HI Rev Stat § 13D-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|13D. Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs|13D-2 Qualifications of board members.

  §13D-2 Qualifications of board members. No person shall be eligible for election or appointment to the board unless the person is Hawaiian and is: (1) qualified and registered to vote under the provisions of section 13D-3, and (2) where residency on a particular island is a requirement, a resident on the island for which seat the person is seeking election or appointment. No member of the board shall hold or be a candidate for any other public office under the state or county governments in accordance with Article II, section 7 of the Constitution of the State; nor shall a person be eligible for election or appointment to the board if that person is also a candidate for any other public office under the state or county governments. The term "public office", for purposes of this section, shall not include notaries public, reserve police officers, or officers of emergency organizations for civilian defense or disaster, or disaster relief. [L 1979, c 196, pt of §8; am L 1980, c 138, §1; am L 1981, c 82, §4; gen ch 1985; am L 2000, c 59, §1] Attorney General Opinions  A police captain is a public officer and cannot serve simultaneously as a police officer and as a trustee. Att. Gen. Op. 80-3.  Does not prevent county employee from also being trustee for that county. Att. Gen. Op. 84-8. Law Journals and Reviews  To Dwell on the Earth in Unity: Rice, Arakaki, and the Growth of Citizenship and Voting Rights in Hawai €˜i. V HBJ No. 13, at pg. 15. Case Notes  Limitation of eligibility to be a candidate for office of Hawaiian affairs trustee to Hawaiians invalid under the Fifteenth Amendment and §2 of the Voting Rights Act; plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the restriction that appointed trustees be Hawaiian. 314 F.3d 1091.
HI Rev Stat § 13D-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|13D. Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs|13D-3 Qualifications of voters; registration.

  §13D-3 Qualifications of voters; registration. (a) Every person who registers as required by law shall be entitled to vote at any election of board members provided that the person shall have attained the age of eighteen years at the time of the election.  (b) No person shall be eligible to register as a voter for the election of board members unless the person meets the following qualifications:  (1) The person has attained the age of eighteen years or will have attained such age within one year of the date of the next election of board members; and  (2) The person is otherwise qualified to register to vote in the State.  (c) Any person eligible to and desiring to register as a voter for the election of board members shall go to any location designated by the clerk of the county, then and there to be examined under oath as to the person's qualifications as a voter. Each applicant shall make and subscribe to an application in the form of an affidavit as provided for under section 11-15.  (d) The clerk of each county shall register all persons in the county who are eligible to and desiring to register as voters for the election of board members. The register may be maintained in conjunction with the general county register; provided that the clerk shall be able to prepare a separate list of voters for the election of board members, capable of segregation by precinct and representative district. The maintenance, reproduction, and transmittal of records and affidavits to a central file shall be in accordance with section 11-14.  (e) The clerk of each county shall amend the general county register to include therein any person, who on November 6, 1984, was registered to vote only for members of the board of trustees, to hereinafter be registered to vote in all elections held in the State. [L 1979, c 196, pt of §8; am L 1985, c 203, §7; am L 2000, c 59, §2] Law Journals and Reviews  To Dwell on the Earth in Unity: Rice, Arakaki, and the Growth of Citizenship and Voting Rights in Hawai €˜i. V HBJ No. 13, at pg. 15.  The California Civil Rights Initiative: Why It's Here, Its Far Reaching Effects, and the Unique Situation in Hawai`i. 22 UH L. Rev. 279.  Matters of Trust: Unanswered Questions After Rice v. Cayetano. 23 UH L. Rev. 363.  Doe v. Kamehameha Schools: A "Discrete and Insular Minority" in Hawai`i Seventy Years After Carolene Products? 30 UH L. Rev. 295.  (Re)Righting History: Deconstructing the Court's Narrative of Hawai`i's Past. 39 UH L. Rev. 631 (2017). Case Notes  State's electoral restriction enacted a race-based voting qualification; Hawaii's denial of petitioner's right to vote, where petitioner was not a "Hawaiian", was a clear violation of the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 528 U.S. 495.
HI Rev Stat § 13D-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 2. Elections|13D. Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs|13D-5 Term of office; vacancies.

  §13D-5 Term of office; vacancies. [(a)] The term of office of members of the board shall be four years beginning on the day of the general election at which they are elected, or if elected at a primary election, on the day of the general election immediately following the primary election at which they are elected, and ending on the day of the second general election after their election. Members of the board may be reelected without restriction as to the number of terms.  [(b)] Any vacancy that may occur through any cause other than the expiration of the term of office shall be filled in accordance with section 17-7. [L 1979, c 196, pt of §8; am L 1980, c 264, §4; am L 2013, c 287, §3] Case Notes  Rice v. Cayetano decision did not create a "vacancy" that "occurs through any cause other than expiration of the term of office" under this section as to those office of Hawaiian affairs trustees who were elected in 1996 and/or 1998. 94 H. 1, 6 P.3d 799.