Bill Text: HI HB104 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Candidates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-21 - Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 [HB104 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2025-HB104-Introduced.html
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H.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to candidates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 12-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended follows:
1. By amending subsections (b) through (d) to read:
"(b) If an objection is made by a registered voter,
the candidate objected [thereto] to shall be notified of the
objection by the chief election officer or the clerk in the case of county
offices by registered or certified mail.
(c) If an objection is filed by an officer of a
political party with the [circuit court,] office of elections,
the candidate objected [thereto] to shall be notified of the
objection by an officer of the political party by registered or certified mail.
(d) [Except for objections by an officer of a
political party filed directly with the circuit court, the] The chief
election officer or the clerk in the case of county offices shall have the
necessary powers and authority to reach a preliminary decision on the merits of
the objection; provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
extend to the candidate a right to an administrative contested case hearing as
defined in section 91-1(5). The chief
election officer or the clerk in the case of county offices shall render a
preliminary decision not later than five working days after the objection is
filed."
2. By amending subsections (f) and (g) to read:
"(f) If a political party objects to the
nomination paper filed by a candidate because the candidate is not a member of
the party pursuant to the party's rules filed in conformance with section
11-63, an officer of the party whose name appears on file with the chief
election officer shall file a complaint in the [circuit court] office
of elections for a prompt determination of the objection; provided that the
complaint shall be filed with the [clerk of the circuit court not] office
of elections no later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth day or the next
earliest working day prior to that election day.
(g) If [an officer of a political party whose
name appears on file with the chief election officer,] the chief election
officer[,] or clerk in the case of county offices files a complaint in
the circuit court, the circuit court clerk shall issue to the defendants named
in the complaint a summons to appear before the court not later than 4:30 p.m.
on the fifth day after service thereof."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Candidates; Office of Elections; Nomination Papers; Challenges; Hearings
Description:
Requires objections made by an officer of a political party to candidate nomination papers to be filed with and determined by the Office of Elections.
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