Chapter 12 — [Old]

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, c 26, pt of §2]

§12-1.5 REPEALED.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 general or special general election unless the person has been nominated in the immediately pre…

§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…

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 or 11-62 and of nonpartisan candidates may be printed on separate ballots, or on a s…

§12-22 REPEALED. L 1987, c 232, §3.

§12-23 REPEALED. L 1979, c 125, §4.

§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 n…

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 condition of voting. Each voter shall be issued the primary or special …

§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…

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 an office shall be the candidate of the party at the following general or special general election…

§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 …

§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 r…

§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 pape…

§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. …

§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 chi…

§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 na…