On October 24, the Hawaii Green Party began its petition to put the party back on the ballot. Hawaii disqualified the Green Party after the November 2006 election. Only 663 signatures are needed for the party petition.

The party lost its position on the ballot after the November 2006 election because of a peculiar Hawaii law that says once a party has been on the ballot for 3 elections in a row, it is then entitled to be on automatically for 5 more elections. The Green Party’s “free” 5 elections had run out after 2006. Parties that poll 10% for a statewide race, or for a single US House district, or 4% for a certain number of State Senate races, or 2% for a certain number of State House races, are exempt from going off the ballot after 5 elections, but the Greens didn’t meet these alternative vote tests.