Candidates
Candidates
Online Voter's Guide - Candidate Web Profiles
- Candidate filing begins on Friday, February 1, 2008.
- The deadline for ALL candidates to file nomination papers is 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 22, 2008.
Political Party Qualification
- Groups desiring to qualify a new political party in Hawaii for election ballot purposes should contact the Office of Elections – Ballot Operations Section to request an application for petition.
- Factsheet: The Petition Process to Qualify a Political Party in the State of Hawaii.
- Factsheet: Political Parties and Chairpersons, 2008
Presidential Elections
- There is no Presidential Primary in the State of Hawaii.
- Ballot access for candidates of qualified political parties in the State of Hawaii must contact the party directly.
- Ballot access for candidates not affiliated with a qualified political party in the State of Hawaii must petition for ballot access.
- Factsheet: The Petition Process to Place the Names of Candidates for President and Vice President on the State of Hawaii General Election Ballot.
- Factsheet: Presidential Elections, 2008.
- Factsheet: Presidential Electors, 2008.
Hawaii Election Laws