(a) The candidate and treasurer of the candidate committee of each candidate whose name will appear on the ballot shall file preliminary, final, and supplemental reports as follows:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-334 v2

  • Ballot: includes :

    (1) A ballot summary reflecting a complete record of the ballot selections made by a voter utilizing an HTML ballot or similar accessible ballot that produces a ballot summary;

    (2) A voter verifiable paper audit trail in the event there is a discrepancy between a voting machine's electronic record of the voted ballot and the voter verifiable paper audit trail; and

    (3) A ballot used in an election by mail pursuant to part VIIA, including a ballot approved for electronic transmission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-1

  • Candidate: means an individual who seeks nomination for election or seeks election to office. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Candidate committee: means an organization, association, or individual that receives campaign funds, makes expenditures, or incurs financial obligations on behalf of a candidate with the candidate's authorization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Election: means any election for office or for determining a question or issue provided by law or ordinance. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Election period: means :

    (1) The two-year time period between the day after the general election through the day of the next general election, if a candidate is seeking nomination or election to a two-year office;
    (2) The four-year time period between the day after the general election through the day of the next general election, if a candidate is seeking nomination or election to a four-year office; or
    (3) For a special election, the period between the day after the general election for that office through the day of the special election. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Noncandidate committee: means an organization, association, party, or individual that has the purpose of making or receiving contributions, making expenditures, or incurring financial obligations to influence the nomination for election, or the election, of any candidate to office, or for or against any question or issue on the ballot; provided that a noncandidate committee does not include:

    (1) A candidate committee;
    (2) Any individual making a contribution or making an expenditure of the individual's own funds or anything of value that the individual originally acquired for the individual's own use and not for the purpose of evading any provision of this part; or
    (3) Any organization that raises or expends funds for the sole purpose of producing and disseminating informational or educational communications that are not made to influence the outcome of an election, question, or issue on a ballot. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Office: means any Hawaii elective public or constitutional office, excluding county neighborhood board and federal elective offices. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Special election: means any election other than a primary or general election. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
  • Treasurer: means a person appointed under § 11-324 and unless expressly indicated otherwise, includes deputy treasurers. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 11-302
(1) The filing dates for preliminary reports are:

(A) February 28 of the year of a general election;
(B) April 30 of the year of a general election;
(C) Thirty calendar days before a primary, initial special election, or initial nonpartisan election;
(D) Ten calendar days before a primary, initial special election, or initial nonpartisan election;
(E) October 1 of the year of a general election; and
(F) Ten calendar days before a general, subsequent special election, or subsequent nonpartisan election;

provided that the preliminary reports required by subparagraphs (E) and (F) shall not be required from a candidate who is unsuccessful in a primary, initial special election, or initial nonpartisan election, or a candidate who is elected to office in the primary, initial special election, or initial nonpartisan election. The preliminary report filed by the date required under subparagraph (C) shall be current through June 30, and all other preliminary reports shall be current through the fifth calendar day before the filing deadline of those other preliminary reports;

(2) The filing date for the final primary report is twenty calendar days after a primary, initial special election, or initial nonpartisan election. The report shall be current through the day of the applicable election;
(3) The filing date for the final election period report is thirty calendar days after a general, subsequent, subsequent special election, or subsequent nonpartisan election. The report shall be current through the day of the applicable election. The final election period report shall be filed by a candidate who is unsuccessful in a primary, initial special election, or initial nonpartisan election or a candidate who is elected to office in the primary, initial special election, or initial nonpartisan election; provided that a candidate who is elected and is to be sworn into office before thirty calendar days after a general, subsequent, subsequent special election, or subsequent nonpartisan election in which the candidate was elected, shall file the final election period report three business days before the date the candidate is to be sworn into office; and
(4) The filing dates for supplemental reports are:

(A) January 31 annually; and
(B) July 31 after an election year.

The report shall be current through December 31 for the report filed on January 31 and current through June 30 for the report filed on July 31.

(b) A candidate and treasurer of the candidate committee of each candidate with a deficit or surplus whose name will not appear on the ballot in the immediately succeeding election shall file a supplemental report every six months on January 31 and July 31 until:

(1) The candidate’s name appears on the ballot and then is subject to the reporting requirements in subsection (a); or
(2) The committee’s registration is terminated as provided in section noncandidate committee‘s registration” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2023″ statecd=”HI”>11-326.

The report shall be current through December 31 for the report filed on January 31 and current through June 30 for the report filed on July 31.

(c) A candidate and treasurer of the candidate committee of each candidate shall continue to file all required reports until the committee’s registration is terminated as provided in section 11-326.

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