Flip that over for me. Why send the different one to Hawai’i?
FWIU, the wording for the Hawaiian one was specifically required by Hawaiian law.
Because Hawaii requires a separate statement certifying that the candidate is Constitutionally eligible, rather than simply assuming that the DNC and RNC will follow their own constitutions. Normally the Hawaii Democratic Party certified the Constitutional eligibility in the same document saying that the candidate was the HDP’s duly chosen candidate, which was hand-delivered to the Elections Office about a month after the democratic convention. For Obama, the HDP did everything totally different. They signed their statement the day before Pelosi signed the DNC certifications; the HDP left off the Constitutional eligibility language, signaling the DNC that if Obama was going to get on the Hawaii ballot they would have to be the ones to certify his eligibility because the HDP refused.
The HDP representative I spoke with on the phone refused to say who authorized the change, when, or why. He had some choice words about “birthers” though. lol.
Because hawaii allows self-sworn certification. It does not check.
(6) A sworn certification by self-subscribing oath by the
9 candidate that the candidate qualifies under the law
10 for the office the candidate is seeking and that the
11 candidate has determined that, except for the
12 information provided by the registered voters signing
13 the nomination papers, all of the information on the
14 nomination papers is true and correct;
15 (7) A sworn certification by self-subscribing oath by a
16 party candidate that the candidate is a member of the
17 party;
18 (8) A sworn certification by self-subscribing oath, where
19 applicable, by the candidate, that the candidate has
20 complied with the provisions of article II, section 7,
21 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii;
22 (9) A sworn certification by self-subscribing oath by the
23 candidate that the candidate is in compliance with
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S.B. NO. 980
1 section 831-2, dealing with felons, and is eligible to
2 run for office; and
3 (10) The name the candidate wishes printed on the ballot and
4 the mailing address of the candidate.”