Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 7, Number 3, 1 Malaki 1990 — Filing opens for many seats in 1990 [ARTICLE]

Filing opens for many seats in 1990

Nominahon papers are available for candidates seeking elective office in Hawaii's 1990 primary and general elections. Candidates for state and federal offices ean take advantage of the expanded location of the eleetions division in Pearl City. Candidates will be able to obtain and to file nomination papers at the Pearl City office at 802 Lehua Ave., or at the state Capitol office. Nomination papers are also available at the offices of the city or county clerk in eaeh county. Candidates for county offices may piek nomination papers only at the office of the city or county clerk. Lt. Gov. Ben Cayetano, the state chief eleehon officer, said nominahon papers may be picked up from his office. The filing deadline for the primary eleehon and other special elections held in conjunction with the primary is T uesday, July 24, at 4:30 p.m. The filing deadline for Board of Education, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and other special elections held in conjunction with the general election is Friday, Sept. 7, at 4:30 p.m. Hawaii will have at least 105 contests this year. Eleehon days will be Saturday, Sept. 22, for the primary and Tuesday, Nov. 6, for the general. Cayetano says his office, in conjunction with the city and county clerks, wil! have a statewide eomputerized candidate filing system to link his office with the office of eaeh county clerk. The system wili allow the Lt. Governor's office to maintain and make statewide candidate filing information available on a weekly basis. Cayetano urged candidates to piek up nominahon papers or eall his Elections Division Ofhce at 454-VOTE (454-8683) for additional information. Candidates who reside on neighbor islands may eall the elections division office toll free at 1-800-442-VOTE (1-800-442-8683). Federal offices For the U.S. House of Representatives, two slots will open. lncumbents are Fatricia Saiki (R) and Daniel Akaka (D). No U.S. Senate seat becomes vacant until 1992. State offices In Hawai'i state elections the officesof governor and lieutenant governor will be open. Both are four-year terms. Incumbents are John Waihee (D) and Benjamin Cayetano (D). In the state Senate, 12 of the 25 seats will be open for four-year terms. All 51 seats in the Hawai'i House will be open for two-year terms. Board of Education Six of the 13 seats on the state Board of Educahon will fall vacant for four-year terms. Three slots in the first district are at large, one for central O'ahu and one for Windward O'ahu. One seat for Maui opens in the second district.

County Councils For the city and county of Honolulu, all the seats on the eouneil fall vacant for four-year terms. County of Hawai'i elections are not scheduled unhl 1992. In the County of Maui, the office of mayor opens for a four-year term and all nine county eouneil seats fall vacant for two-year terms. In the County of Kaua'i the office of mayor opens for a four-year term and all seven of the atlarge eouneil seats fall vacant. Office of Hawaiian Affairs Five of the nine slots for the board of trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs will open. Three seats are "at large" with no residency on a specific island required. Two trustee slots require island

residency, one on Maui and one on O'ahu. Trustees must be of Hawaiian ancestry and registered OHA voters. Incumbent OHA trustees are Rod Burgess, A. Frenchy DeSoto and Kevin Mahoe, (all at large) Manu Kahaialii for Maui, and Clarence Ching for O'ahu. Trustees are elected by Hawaiians only. Information on requirements for registration as an OHA voter is available through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 1600 Kapi'olani Blvd., Suite 1500, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 96814 (telephone 9462642) or at any of the OHA liaison offices on neighbor islands.