Dupree v. Hiraga

Opinion of the Court by

RECKTENWALD, J.

Roy T. Hiraga and Solomon P. Kaho'ohal-ahala appeal from the November 1, 2008 decision of the Board of Registration for Maui County (Board) which determined that Kaho'ohalahala was not a resident of Lana'i “[f]or purposes of [the November 2008] election[.]”

The case began in September 2008, when appellee Michael P. Dupree and eleven other registered voters from Lana'i sent letters to Hiraga, the Clerk of the County of Maui, which alleged that Kaho'ohalahala was not a Lana'i resident. Hiraga subsequently found, inter alia, that Kaho'ohalahala was a Lana'i…