Hawaii
ELECTION INFO: SECRETARY OF STATE
Phone: (808) 453-8683
Email: elections@aloha.net
STATE-ISTICS: STATE INFORMATION
National party qualifications:
Appears on the ballot in at least one state other than Hawaii
Or the Secretary of State deems the party as having
made a bona fide effort to become a national party
before the filing deadline [11-113(b)]
Petition: One-tenth of 1% of registered voters
General ballot access for national party candidates:
Party files an application with the chief election officer
Deadline: 4:30 pm 60 days before the general
election [11-113(c)]
Party filing fees: Democrats — $1,500;
Republicans — none
General ballot access for non-national party and independent candidates:
File application
Petition: 1% of votes cast in previous presidential
election (in 2004, this will be approximately 3,677
signatures) [11-113(c)(2)]
Deadline: 4:30 pm 60 days before the general
election [11-113(c)(2)]
Last day to withdraw from the ballot:
withdrawal
not permitted
CAUCUS STATE: NO PRIMARY
Voter registration:
register with the state 30
days before the general election; register with
the party 10 days before the general election.
Source:
The Reform Institute (December 2003). Presidential Ballot Access: State by State Scorecard. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from https://www.policyarchive.org/bitstream/handle/10207/5646/2003scorecard.....
Write-In Information
Presidential write-ins are not allowed in the state of Hawaii.
Source:
Frank Moore (May 8, 2008). US Presidential Write-In Candidate Requirements For Each State. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from http://www.writein2008.blogspot.com/
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