The Hawaii state elections office website lists the parties that have asked for petition blanks, so as to try to qualify as a party. The requirement is 861 signatures (one-tenth of 1% of the number of registered voters).
Parties already on are Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and No Labels. The Solidarity Party has submitted a petition, which is being checked.
Here is the list: Aloha Aina, American Shopping, Free Will, Green, New Republican, Socialism & Liberation, Royal Hawaiian Kingdom, We the People, WXYZ Next Day, and the 1787 Party.
If the Party for Socialism & Liberation qualifies, it will be the first party with “Socialist” or “Socialism” in its name on the Hawaii ballot since 1912, when the Socialist Party was on and had a nominee for Delegate to the U.S. House.
The webpage (Hawaii’s) has a lot of good information on it.
900 signatures is a reasonable requirement to get a new party on the ballot, especially when you have nearly a year to collect them. Meanwhile, the requirement for U.S. Senate is only 25 signatures, and the filing fee is only $75. Wow! >> https://elections.hawaii.gov/candidates/candidate-filing/
“…A voter may withdraw their signature from a petition, as long as the petition has not been filed…” except in Montana.
All qualified parties in Hawaii nominate by primary, and the 25 signatures you mention gets a candidate on a primary ballot.
@AC,
In Hawai’i independent candidates run in the primary.
The Hawai’i primary is a pick-a-party primary where the party selection is on the ballot (similar to Michigan and Wisconsin) and there are no official records of party affiliation.
In Hawai’i “Nonpartisan” is treated as a party (i.e., you can select Nonpartisan, along with Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, American Shopping, Aloha Aina, etc.) on the ballot.
You can then vote for one of the Nonpartisan candidates for each office, if any. The leading Nonpartisan candidate qualifies for the general election if they receive more votes than the weakest party nominee. For example, in 2020, the HI-2 congressional seat, the leading non-partisan candidate (Burrus) received 1308 votes, which was more than that for the Libertarian (1014) and American Shopping (134) nominees. Therefore Burrus appeared on the general election ballot along with the Republican, Democratic, Aloha Aina, Libertarian, and American Shopping nominees.
While Burrus received more votes than the Libertarian and American Shopping nominees in the primary, it did not knock them off the ballot.
Are any of these parties affiliated with the Constitution Party?
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FEW GERRYMANDER DIST WINNERS IN HI LEGIS
WO FAT OF OLDE 1960S-1970S TV HAWAII 5-0H STILL AROUND ???
I’ve never heard of most of them. How many new and or Hawaii only?
Solidarity is the American Solidarity Party which is national, with Peter Sonski andd Lauren Onak as the presidential ticket. Aloha, American Shopping and Royal Hawaiian Kingdom are only in Hawaii. The Shopping Party usually gives access to a candidate from a minor national third party or independent campaign.
WXYZ next day? 1787? Free will? New Republican? We the people_ what are these? Do any of them exist in any continental states? How many votes have they received or elected leaders to which offices? Are any not elaborate jokes or full moon ravings of prime candidates for indefinite confinement to extreme high security institutions for hopelessly incurable insane maniacs who pose nonstop hazards to themselves and everyone else whenever around to roam freely?