Hawaii Revised Statutes 12. Primary Elections

PART I. NOMINATION; DETERMINATION OF CANDIDATES

12-1 Application of Chapter.
All candidates for elective office, except as provided in section 14-21, shall be nominated in accordance with this chapter and not otherwise. [L 1970,...
12-1.5 Repealed.
L 1980, c 139, §1.
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...
12-2.5 Nomination Papers; When Available.
Nomination papers shall be made available from the first working day of February in every even-numbered year; provided that in the case of a...
12-3 Nomination Paper; Format; Limitations.
(a) No candidate's name shall be printed upon any official ballot to be used at any primary, special primary, or special election unless a...
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...
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...
12-6 Nomination Papers: Time for Filing; Fees.
(a) For members of Congress, state offices, county offices, and the board of trustees for the office of Hawaiian affairs, nomination papers shall be...
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...
12-8 Nomination Papers; Challenge; Evidentiary Hearings and Decisions.
(a) All nomination papers filed in conformity with section 12-3 shall be deemed valid unless objection is made thereto by a registered voter, an...
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...

PART II. 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...
12-22 Repealed.
L 1987, c 232, §3.
12-23 Repealed.
L 1979, c 125, §4.

PART III. BALLOT SELECTION

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...

PART IV. ELECTION RESULTS

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...
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...

Attorney General Opinions

County charter providing for nonpartisan election of prosecutor does not conflict with this chapter. Att. Gen. Op. 85-7.

Law Journals and Reviews

Burdick v. Takushi: Yes to Equal Voice in Voting, No to a Fundamental Right to Vote for Any Particular Candidate. 14 UH L. Rev. 715.

Case Notes

State's prohibition on write-in voting as part of electoral scheme providing constitutionally sufficient ballot access, does not impose unconstitutional burden on voters' rights under First and Fourteenth Amendments. 504 U.S. 428.

Last modified: October 27, 2016