ROH §3-14.2

Rules for ethics board members on political activity

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This section limits what members of the ethics board of appeals can do in elections. They can vote and give campaign money, but cannot help or run any campaign or run for office themselves. If they break these rules, the mayor can remove them.

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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Restrictions on conduct

A copy, taken August 22, 2026. The version published by Honolulu is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) Except for exercising the right to vote or making a campaign contribution to a candidate for elective public office, no member of the ethics board of appeals shall support, advocate or aid in, or manage, the election or defeat of any candidate for public office. No member of the ethics board of appeals shall be a candidate for any elective public office nor engage in campaigning for such office. (b) Any member of the ethics board of appeals who violates this section shall be removed by the mayor, since such person serves at the pleasure of the mayor.

Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗as published Jan 1, 2026our copy taken Aug 22, 2026

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