Hawaii Bill to Exempt Very Old Parties from the Vote Test Loses in Committee

On February 19, the Hawaii House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 1716, which would have said that parties that have been on the ballot for at least 20 years don’t need to meet the vote test in order to remain on the ballot. The Attorney General had expressed the opinion that the bill might be unconstitutional, because it would discriminate against new parties, relative to old parties.

Here is the Attorney General’s memo.

If the bill had passed, the beneficiaries would have been the Libertarian and Green Parties.


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Hawaii Bill to Exempt Very Old Parties from the Vote Test Loses in Committee — 8 Comments

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