Opinion ID: 2506328
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Supreme Court Proceedings

Text: On August 26, 2008, Stop Rail filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus in the Hawai`i Supreme Court, seeking: (1) a declaration that the `fifteen percent' and `ten percent' from the charter subsection refer to the same standardthe number of actual voters in the last general mayoral election; and (2) a writ of mandamus directed to the Circuit Court ordering the circuit court to so hold and to direct the City Clerk to place the proposed ordinance on the November 4, 2008, general election ballot if she finds duly authenticated signatures equal to ten percent of the number of actual voters in the last mayoral election. On September 3, 2008, the supreme court entered an order denying the requested relief based on the conclusion that Stop Rail had not demonstrated an entitlement to mandamus relief.