Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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.
Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 12 — Primary Elections
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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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 special primary or special election, nomination papers shall be made available at least ten days prior to the close of filing.
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 12-3
Nomination paper; format; limitations
[Section effective until December 31, 2027. For section effective January 1, 2028, see below.] (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 nomination paper was filed on the candidate's behalf and in the name by which the cand…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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 ac…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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)…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 12-6
Nomination papers: time for filing; fees
[Section effective until December 31, 2027. For section effective January 1, 2028, see below.] (a) For members of Congress, state offices, county offices, and the board of trustees for the office of Hawaiian affairs, nomination papers shall be filed with the chief election officer, or clerk in case of county offices, n…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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 officer of a political party whose name is on file with the chief election officer, the chief election officer, or the county clerk in the case of a county office. All objecti…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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 entitle…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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…
Haw. Rev. Stat. § 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…