HI Presidential Ballot Access
Hawaii Presidential Ballot Access Requirements
State-level general-election presidential ballot access requirements for Hawaii, including party nomination, petition access, and write-in rules where available in the NASS summary.
Party Nomination
Political Party Nomination
A presidential candidate nominated by a qualified political party may be placed on the general election ballot. Qualified political parties must file with the chief election officer no later than the 60th day prior to the election a certification of the party’s nominees for electors, and a sworn application that includes the name of the party’s candidates for president and vice-president and a statement that the candidate is the chosen candidate of both the state and national party. A national party is one that is admitted to the ballot in at least one state other than Hawaii or one which is determined by the chief election officer to be making a bona fide effort to become a national party. If there is no national party or the national and state parties do not agree on the presidential candidate, the chief election officer may determine which candidate’s name shall be placed on the ballot or may leave the candidate’s name off the ballot. A qualified political party is an association of voters which had candidates running for election at the last general election for any of the statewide offices whose terms had expired, and the party received:-at least 10% of all votes cast for any statewide office or in at least 50% of the congressional districts, or;-at least 4% of the votes cast for all the offices of statesenator statewide, or;-at least 4% of the votes cast for all the office of state representative statewide, or;-at least 2% of the votes cast for all the offices of statesenate and all the offices of state representative combined statewide A group of persons may qualify as a political party by filing with the chief state election officer no later than the 170th day before the next primary election a petition containing the signatures of at least 1/10 of 1% of the total registered voters in the state as of the last preceding election.
Petition Access
Petition / Independent Candidate Access
An individual presidential candidate or the presidential candidate of a party our group that is not a qualified political party may obtain ballot access for the general election by filing with the chief election officer no later than the 90th day prior to the general election a petition containing the signatures of at least 1% of the number of votes cast in the state at the last presidential election.
Write-In
Write-In Rules
Write-in information was not available in the source table.
Legal Citations
Source Citations
- H.R.S. §§ 11-61b, 11-62, 11-113, 14-21
Source and Use
How to Read This Ballot Access Data
This reference is generated from NASS Summary: State Laws Regarding Presidential Ballot Access for the General Election.
- Primary source
- NASS ballot access summary PDF
- Coverage
- General-election presidential ballot access requirements by state, as summarized by NASS.
- Use note
- Informational reference only; verify current law with the state election office, current statutes, and legal counsel.
- These entries summarize general-election presidential ballot access rules for political party nominees, petition candidates, fee access where listed, and write-in candidacies.
- Ballot access law can change through statutes, court decisions, and state election guidance. Verify requirements with the state election office before relying on them.
- This reference does not state whether any candidate has qualified for a state ballot.
- This page is informational and is not legal advice or a filing procedure guide.