Hawaii State Representative John Mizuno has introduced HB 342, a bill for a study of a presidential primary. Hawaii is one of the very few states that has never held government-administered presidential primaries. The only other such states are Iowa, Nevada, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Alaska held a presidential primary when it was a territory. Thanks to Josh Putnam for this news.
another excuse for hack candidates to visit HI land —
TO GET CAMPAIGN $$$ FROM HI FOLKS ???
HI bans write in votes, which the supreme court wrongly upheld as valid.
What does Hawaii actually do, then? They weren’t listed as doing a caucus in 2020, either. Is it simply a vote among party officials?
That would be the logical thing. Internal party nominations should be an internal process.
@Adam Cerini… In 2020 Democrats were supposed to have a private primary but had a mail-in only private primary instead (because Covid). The Republicans were set to have one too but cancelled it entirely.
Hawaii appears to not have publicly funded primaries, at least for president.
Sounds stupid