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Nader loses Isle vote law challenge
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 29, 2008 03:40pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - Honolulu Advertiser |
| News Date | Saturday, March 29, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Honolulu Advertiser
Ralph Nader has lost his Hawai'i Supreme Court challenge to state election law. Nader filed companion lawsuits in state and federal court here in 2004 after state elections officials ruled that petitions to place his name on Hawai'i election ballots that year did not contain enough verifiable signatures of Hawai'i registered voters.
Nader and another 2004 presidential candidate, Michael Petrouka of the Constitution Party, complained that legal restrictions on the gathering and verification of voter signatures on candidacy petitions unfairly blocked them from standing for national office in Hawai'i. They further argued that the appeals process conducted by the state Elections Office was so flawed that they were denied their constitutional rights to due process.
Circuit Judge Sabrina McKenna rejected those claims in 2005, and both candidates appealed to the state Supreme Court. The court rejected the appeals this week in a 17-page unanimous decision written by Justice Paula Nakayama. The ruling effectively nullifies the companion lawsuit filed in federal court.
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