CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU v. STATE

SCPW-18-0000733.

431 P.3d 1228 (2018)

CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU; County of Hawai`i; County of Maui; County of Kaua`i, Petitioners, v. STATE of Hawai`i; Scott T. Nago, in his capacity as Chief Election Officer, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

December 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna Y.L. Leong , Robert M. Kohn , Nicolette Winter, for petitioner City and County of Honolulu.

Brian A. Bilberry , Honolulu, for petitioner County of Maui.

Laureen L. Martin , Wailuku, for petitioner County of Hawai`i.

Matthew M. Bracken , for petitioner County of Kaua`i.

Russell A. Suzuki , Honolulu, Valri Lei Kunimoto , Patricia Ohara , Honolulu, for respondent.

Thomas Yamachika , for amicus curiae Tax Foundation of Hawai`i.

RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, McKENNA, POLLACK, AND WILSON, JJ.


The right of the people to shape the way in which they are governed through free and fair elections is the basis of our democratic society. At no time is this dynamic more pronounced than when the public is called upon to approve revisions to the Hawai`i Constitution, the foundational document on which our state...

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