Akaka v. Yoshina

MOON, Chief Justice.

In this original proceeding, plaintiffs Moanike'ala Akaka and Samuel L. Kealoha, Jr. (collectively, the plaintiffs) challenge their respective defeats in the November 5, 1996 special election for the office of Trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), claiming that Chief Elections Officer Dwayne D. Yoshina and the Office of Elections of the State of Hawaii (collectively, the defendants 1 ) did not properly obtain or handle the OHA ballots and that, therefore, (1) the votes could not be properly counted and (2) the OHA election results could not be properly…