HRS §11-427
Reserving use of contributions
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if a candidate voluntarily agreed to spending limits and gets more donations than the limit allows, they must set aside the extra money and cannot use it until after that election.
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The statute, as written — Reserving use of contributions
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
A candidate who files the affidavit voluntarily agreeing to limit expenditures and who receives contributions that in aggregate exceed the expenditure limit for an election shall reserve use of any contributions that exceed the limit until after the applicable election.
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