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HRS §12-9

List of candidates

This section says election officials must swap certified lists of candidates between the state and county offices shortly after filing closes. The lists must include each candidate's name, the office they seek, and their party or nonpartisan status. It is a narrow procedural rule.

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The statute, as written — List of candidates

As soon as possible but not later than 4:30 p.m. on the fifth day after the close of filing the chief election officer shall transmit to each county clerk and the county clerk shall transmit to the chief election officer certified lists containing the names of all persons, the office for which each is a candidate, and their party designation, or designation of nonpartisanship, as the case may be, for whom nomination papers have been duly filed in his office and who are entitled to be voted for at the primary, special primary or special election.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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