Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 7, 1 Iulai 1992 — Dates and deadlines for coming elections [ARTICLE]

Dates and deadlines for coming elections

July 21 • Candidates: deadline to file nomination papers for primary election. • Voters: begin requests for absentee mail ballots for primary or general election from city or county clerk. July 22 • Candidates: may withdraw from primary election for any reason Aug. 4 • Candidates: file financial disclosure statement with city or county clerk. Aug. 15 • City and county clerks: mail primary election absentee eleehon ballots to overseas voters. Aug. 20 • Voters: last day to register to vote in the primary election. • Candidates or parties or voters: may file objections to nomination papers for primary election candidates with the office of Lt. Governor or with city or county clerks. Aug. 31 • Candidates: may withdraw from primary election because of ill health. • State candidates: must file disclosure forms with the State Ethics Commission. Sept. 4 • Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) candidates: file nomination papers with the office of the Lt. Governor or county clerk. • City, county, House and Senate clerks: submit constitutional amendment questions, county charter amendment questions and county initiative questions to the office of Lt. Governor. • Voters: begin requests for absentee ballots for general eleehon from the city and county clerks. Sept. 5 • OHA: candidate may withdraw for any reason. Sept. 9 • Candidates file preliminary primary eleehon report with the Campaign Spending Commission. • Political parties: submit names of poll watchers for primary eleehon to the office of Lt. Governor or county clerk. Sept. 12 • Voters: last day to request absentee mail ballots for primary election from city or county clerk. Sept. 19 • Primary election day

Sept. 25 • Candidates or parties or voters: file complaint on contest for cause in primary eleetion with the office of Lt. Governor or city or county clerk. Sept. 29 • City and county clerks: mail general eleehon absentee ballots to overseas voters. Oct. 5 • Voters: last day to register to vote in the general eleehon. • Voters and candidates: file objections to nomination papers for OHA candidates with the office of the Lt. Governor. Oct. 9 • Candidates: file final primary eleetion report with Campaign Spending Committee. • Candidates: file report on use of public funds in the primary election with the Campaign Spending Committee. Oct. 14 • OHA candidates: file candidate disclosure forms with the State Ethics Commission. • Candidates: may withdraw from general or OHA election for reasons of ill health. Oct. 26 • Candidates: file preliminary general or OHA report with the Campaign Spending Committee. • Political parties: submit names of poll watchers for general eleehon to the office of the Lt. Governor or city or county clerk. Oct. 27 • Voters: last day to request absentee ballots for the general election and/or the OHA eleehon.

Nov. 3 Election Day Nov. 23 • Candidates, parties, voters: file eomplaint on contest for cause in general or OHA election with the office of the Lt. Governor or the city or county clerk. Dec. 3 • General and OHA candidates: file final report with the Campaign Spending Commission. • Candidates: file report on the use of public funds in the general election with the Campaign Spending Commission. 1993 Jan. 2 • City and county clerks: Remove the names of registered voters who did not vote in the 1992 general eleehon from the voter register. Jan. 30 • Candidates: file supplemental report with Campaign Spending Commission on any deficit or surplus funds. This is a partial listing of the important dates for voters and candidates. To obtain complete information, contact the office of the Lt. Governor, 235 S. Beretania St., 14th floor, Honolulu Hawai'i 96813; or eall 586-0255 or 453-VOTE. Neighbor Islands toll free number is l-800-442-VOTE. OHA voters should note that when the state voter list is purged of non-voters after the general election, the OHA list is also purged. This purge will subsequently affect the mailing list for Ka Wai Ola O OHA.