Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-11-14 20:02:53.029302+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                       Supreme Court
                                                       SCEC-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                       14-NOV-2022
                                                       08:44 AM
                                                       Dkt. 8 ORD

                          SCEC-XX-XXXXXXX

          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI
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        JAMES RYAN MALISH and KARL O. DICKS, Plaintiffs,

                                vs.

    SCOTT NAGO, acting in official capacity of Chief Election
          Officer, STATE OF HAWAIʻI OFFICE OF ELECTIONS,
              and ELECTIONS COMMISSION, Defendants.
________________________________________________________________

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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

          On November 4, 2022, Plaintiffs filed an election

complaint that appears to seek relief under the primary election

contest statute, HRS § 11-173.5.   It is beyond the allowable

time to seek relief under HRS § 11-173.5.     See HRS § 11-173.5(a)

(“In a primary . . . election contest, . . . the complaint shall

be filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court no

later than 4:30 p.m. on the thirteenth day after a primary . . .

election[.]”).   To the extent Plaintiffs’ arguments seek relief

under HRS § 11-173.5, these claims are untimely.    Accordingly,
           It is ordered that the complaint is dismissed in part,

or to the extent relief is sought under HRS § 11-173.5.      The

court will instead construe the complaint as a general election

contest.

           DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, November 14, 2022.

                                     /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                     /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                     /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                     /s/ Michael D. Wilson

                                     /s/ Todd W. Eddins

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