ROH §3-6.7
Ethics Commission Members Cannot Run or Campaign for Office
Read the official text at honolulu.gov ↗Members of the ethics commission are banned from helping or managing any candidate's election campaign, except for voting and donating money. They also cannot run for public office themselves. If they break this rule, the mayor can remove them from the commission.
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The ordinance, as written (Honolulu County) — Prohibiting political management or activity or candidacy to an elective political office
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 commission shall support, advocate or aid in, or manage, the election or defeat of any candidate for public office.
No member of the ethics commission shall be a candidate for any elective public office nor engage in campaigning for such office.
(b) Any member of the ethics commission who violates this section shall be removed by the mayor, since such person serves at the pleasure of the mayor.
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