The way I read what happened in Hawaii is that Brian Schatz did not ‘keep him off the ballot’.
But what he did was submit a document that did not meet the legal requirements for which the document was submitted. That being a written statement confirming eligibility.
His action was one of omission - not commission.
But someone caught the omission before the election and thus forced Ms. Pelosi into action.
So one of the following happened:
1) It was an innocent omission. Sloppiness, forgetfulness.
2) Brian Schatz did not want to be on the record, in writing claiming Obama was eligible.
That’s it - pick one or the other.
Arguments against 1) - the form used in 2008 was the same format as 2004. And the 2004 form had the right language and met the legal requirements. The form in 2008 was not created anew in 2008.
Arguments for 2) - William Gilardy was Stanley Ann’s lawyer during her divorce from Lolo Soetoro. He was (is?) HDP legal council. He has access to what is behind the magic curtain. He would be in a position to advise Schatz on actions to avoid possible charges of fraud in the future.
The 2 certifications were signed a day apart - HDP’s first and then Pelosi’s special OCON for Hawaii a day later, both while the DNC Convention was in session.
That argues against an innocent mistake.
Another thing that argues against an innocent mistake (OR the DNC deciding in advance that they should be the ones to certify eligibility) is that one physical line of print was taken out of the standard HDP OCON from years past, and IN THAT LINE OF PRINT was not only the certification of eligibility but also the direct statement that Obama was the candidate of the HDP specifically - which is the only thing that Hawaii statute specifically requires the HDP alone to certify. It is not enough that it be certified that Obama is the DNC candidate; the HDP has to specifically sign off that this is THEIR candidate as well. And that requirement was not met because that statement was cut out of the OCON in addition to the eligibility language.