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Oral Argument Before the Hawaii Supreme Court — Nos. SCEC-18-0000909 and No. SCEC-18-0000910

Nos. SCEC-18-0000909 and No. SCEC-18-0000910, Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 2 p.m.

No. SCEC-18-0000909

THOMAS WATERS a/k/a TOMMY WATERS, Plaintiff, vs. SCOTT NAGO, Chief Election Officer; STATE OF HAWAI I OFFICE OF ELECTIONS; and GLEN TAKAHASHI, in his official capacity as the City Clerk of the City and County of Honolulu, Defendants.

No. SCEC-18-0000910

NATALIE IWASA; DAVID ABBOTT; NOA BATLIN; MICAH BATLIN; DENISE BOISVERT; JOHN CHOI; RUTH P. CHUN; ANGELA CORREA-PEI; RAFAEL del CASTILLO; LEA del CASTILLO; NINA DASWANI; RENE M. GARVIN; JASON GODWISE; KENNETH HAMILTON; RICHARD HIRAMOTO; LAURA HIRAMOTO; DWIGHT H. IWASA; ORIAN IWASA; DANIEL JACOB; CYNTHIA JARRELL; JEANNINE JOHNSON; KIM JORGENSEN; MARSHA JOYNER; JAMES E. KIRK; DONALD KOELPER; RICHARD LACEY; TORI MARCHIEL; JAMES MARTINDALE; RICKY MARUMOTO; ARNOLD MATSUURA; BONNIE DAVIS OZAKI; NALANI PARRY; RICHARD PARRY; BEN ROOSEVELT; MAXINE RUTKOWSKI; SHIRLEY MARGARET ROPER; RICK ROPER; CINDY ROTE; EVANGELINE YACUK, Petitioners, vs. SCOTT NAGO, Chief Election Officer; STATE OF HAWAI I OFFICE OF ELECTIONS; and GLEN TAKAHASHI, in his official capacity as the City Clerk of the City and County of Honolulu, Respondents.

The above-captioned cases have been set for argument at:

Supreme Court Courtroom
Ali iolani Hale, 2nd Floor
417 South King Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

Attorney for plaintiff Thomas Waters:

Attorney pro se

Attorney for petitioners Natalie Iwasa, et al.:

Thomas M. Otake

Attorneys for respondents Scott Nago, Chief Elections Officer, and State of Hawaii Office of Elections:

Russell A. Suzuki, Attorney General; Patricia Ohara and Valri Lei Kunimoto, Deputy Attorneys General

Attorneys for respondent Glen Takahashi, in his official capacity as the City Clerk of the City & County of Honolulu:

Donna Y.L. Leong, Corporation Counsel; Duane W.H. Pang and Ernest H. Nomura, Deputies Corporation Counsel

Attorneys for intervenor Trevor Ozawa:

Joachim P. Cox, Robert K. Fricke, and Abigail M. Holden

NOTE: Order consolidating SCEC-18-0000909 and SCEC-18-0000910 for oral argument, filed 01/11/19.

COURT: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.

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