Hawaii held a primary for the five ballot-qualified parties on Saturday, September 18. Tentative returns show that 336 voters chose the Green Party primary, 316 voters chose the Libertarian primary, and 180 voters chose the Free Energy Party. A total of 279,797 people voted.
Hawaii also provided a non-partisan primary ballot, which exists so that voters can show support for an independent candidate. Two independent candidates received enough votes to appear on the ballot for Governor, and one independent candidate received enough votes to appear on the ballot for U.S. Senate. However, the only independent running for state legislature, Jonathan Abel, did not receive enough votes to qualify for November. He needed 24 votes but he only received 11. UPDATE: as Jim Riley correctly notes in his comment below, only one independent candidate will appear on the November ballot for Governor, because Hawaii election law does not permit more than one independent candidate to qualify for the November ballot, which seems to be a requirement of dubious constitutionality.
live and vote on Maui,HI, past 27years. worked the Abercrombie campaign, at the worker bee level, success.
seems polls difficult here as such small numbers and other cultural considerations. is there concern for hanabusa in the general?
where are you and what is this org?
aloha,
wendy
Only one nonpartisan candidate may qualify for the general election. The nonpartisan primary is essentially like a party primary, plus additional qualifications (10% of the total vote, or more votes than the winner of a partisan primary).
i’m fresh here, and simply desire to say hi!
I’m very interested to read about Hawaii’s non-partisan primary. Is there a website that talks about the history of it? And also talks about the requirements for the third parties or independents?