Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 19, Number 6, 1 June 2002 — OHA candidacy [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA candidacy

The deadlline to file OHA Board of Trustees nomination papers is no later than 4:30 p.m,, Tues,, July 23, Five of the nine trustee seats are up for election in 2002, one eaeh for Maui and O'ahu and three at-large, Term of office is four years, To qualify, one must be a registered Hawai'i voter and, for the Maui and O'ahu seats, must reside on those islands, Candidates' submissions must include a petition signed by at least 25 registered voters and payment of a filing fee of $250. Those who agree to abide by campaign spending limits ean pay a discounted fee of $25, Compensation for trustees is $32,000 and $37,000 for the Chairperson, Applications ean be picked up or mailed out from the Lieutenant Governor's office, the state eleetions office, or county clerk offices on neighbor islands, For more information, log-on to the state Office of Elections website www,state,hi,us/elections/ or eall 453-8683 (O'ahu) or 1-800-442-8683 (neighbor islands, toll-free) and ask for Lori or Stacy,

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