Hirono v. Peabody

MOON, Chief Justice.

Defendant-appellant George G. Peabody appeals from the judgment of the Second Circuit Court, entered in favor of plaintiff-appellee Mazie K. Hirono, Lieutenant Governor, in her capacity as chief election officer for the State of Hawai'i, which disqualified Peabody as a Libertarian party candidate for the office of governor of the State of Hawai'i. The Lieutenant Governor had objected to Peabody’s nomination papers and brought this action to disqualify Peabody as a candidate because no one from the Libertarian party had filed nomination papers to run for the office of…