Candidates

Candidates

• Candidate Filing Report - Certified General Candidates (10-2-2008)
• Candidate Filing Report - Certified Primary Winners (10-2-2008)
• Candidate Filing Report - Certified (8-05-2008)
• Candidate Filing Report - Applicants (revised 7-22-2008)

Online Voter's Guide - Candidate Web Profiles

1. Candidate filing begins on Friday, February 1, 2008.
2. The deadline for ALL candidates to file nomination papers is 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 22, 2008.

Political Party Qualification

1. Groups desiring to qualify a new political party in Hawaii for election ballot purposes should contact the Office of Elections – Ballot Operations Section to request an application for petition.
2. Factsheet: The Petition Process to Qualify a Political Party in the State of Hawaii.
3. Factsheet: Political Parties and Chairpersons, 2008

Presidential Elections

1. There is no Presidential Primary in the State of Hawaii.
2. Ballot access for candidates of qualified political parties in the State of Hawaii must contact the party directly.
3. Ballot access for candidates not affiliated with a qualified political party in the State of Hawaii must petition for ballot access.
4. Factsheet: The Petition Process to Place the Names of Candidates for President and Vice President on the State of Hawaii General Election Ballot.
5. Factsheet: Presidential Elections, 2008.
6. Factsheet: Presidential Electors, 2008.

Hawaii Election Laws

• Hawaii Election Laws