Green Party of Hawaii v. Nago.

Opinion of the Court by

POLLACK, J.

This case involves an action by the Green Party of Hawaii and seven registered voters who voted in the 2012 General Elections (Green Party) seeking a declaratory judgment pursuant to Hawai'i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 91-7 (2012) that certain methodologies and procedures used by the Office of Elections in the 2012 election are invalid under the Hawai'i Administrative Procedure Act (HAPA).

Specifically, Green Party contends that the Office of Elections violated rulemaking requirements because of its failure to adopt administrative rales pursuant to HAPA regarding…