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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 12-1 (2026)

  Application of chapter

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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]

 

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  The Protection of Individual Rights Under Hawai‘i's Constitution.  14 UH L. Rev. 311.

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1972–2013 · leading case: Dejetley v. Kaho'ohalahala, 226 P.3d 421 (Haw. 2010).
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Dejetley v. Kaho'ohalahala, 226 P.3d 421 (Haw. 2010). · cites it 12× “We hold that 1) the plain language and construction of § 3-3 of the Charter of the County of Maui (CCM) requires a mandatory and immediate forfeiture of office should a council member violate the § 3-3 residency requirement and that such forfeiture automatically results in an…”
Blair v. Harris, 45 P.3d 798 (Haw. 2002). · cites it 6× “" [6] HRS § 12-3 (Supp.2001) states in part: (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 in the candidate's behalf and in the name by which the candidate is…”
Democratic Party v. Nago, 982 F. Supp. 2d 1166 (D. Haw. 2013). · cites it 5× “Because a party has no other option but to nominate candidates by primary, see HRS § 12-1, the DPH contends that a party is powerless to exclude, for example, (1) those who are indifferent to its beliefs; (2) those whose interest in the party is “fleeting or transient, or a…”
Application of Pioneer Mill Co., 497 P.2d 549 (Haw. 1972). · cites it 2× “We recognize that HRS § 12-1 ff. (Supp. 1971) which deals with the mechanics of filing nomination papers and the printing of ballots, uses the term “candidate” to mean only those who have filed nomination papers.”
Burdick v. Takushi, 776 P.2d 824 (Haw. 1989). · cites it 2× “With respect to general and special general elections, HRS § 12-1 provides: All candidates for elective office, except as provided in section 14-21, shall be nominated in accordance with this chapter.”
Nishimura v. Williams, 267 P.3d 699 (Haw. App. 2011). “HRS Chapter 12 (Primary Elections), § 12-1 (2009 Repl.) titled “Application of chapter,” provides that “[a]ll candidates for *120 elective office, except as provided in section 14-21, shall be nominated in accordance with this chapter and not otherwise.”
Kawauchi v. David, 293 P.3d 617 (Haw. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “” Haw.Rev.Stat. §§ 12-1, 14-21 (2009). To have one’s name printed on a primary, special-primary, or special-election ballot, nomination papers must have been “filed in the candidate’s behalf’ and had to contain, among other things, [a] sworn certification by self-subscribing…”
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