Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-24 20:03:51.023374+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                        Supreme Court
                                                        SCEC-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                        24-JAN-2023
                                                        09:14 AM
                                                        Dkt. 3 ORD

                          SCEC-XX-XXXXXXX

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

             IN THE MATTER OF ALOHALANI HOPE CERMELJ

                        ORIGINAL PROCEDDING

                                  ORDER
 (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)

          Upon consideration of the January 17, 2023 submission

from Alohalani Hope Cermelj, which we construe as an election

challenge, submitted pursuant to HRS § 11-174.5 (Supp. 2021),

regarding a special election involving the Office of Hawaiian

Affairs held on November 8, 2022, we note that HRS § 11-174.5(a)

sets a deadline to submit such challenges, of the twentieth day

following the election being challenged, and find that, in this

instance, the deadline for submitting this challenge was

November 28, 2022.   Therefore,
            It is ordered that the challenge is dismissed as

untimely.

            DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, January 24, 2023.

                                      /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                      /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                      /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                      /s/ Michael D. Wilson

                                      /s/ Todd W. Eddins

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