§12-5  Nomination papers:  number ofsigners.  (a)  Nomination papers for candidates for members of Congress,governor, lieutenant governor, and the board of education shall be signed bynot less than twenty-five registered voters of the State or of the Congressionaldistrict or school board district from which the candidates are running in thecase of candidates for the United States House of Representatives or for theboard of education.

(b)  Nomination papers for candidates foreither branch of the legislature and for county office shall be signed by notless than fifteen registered voters of the district or county or subdivisionthereof for which the person nominated is a candidate.

(c)  Nomination papers for candidates formembers of the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs shall besigned by not less than twenty-five persons registered as prescribed undersection 11-15(b).

(d)  No signatures shall be required onnomination papers for candidates filing to run in a special primary or specialelection to fill a vacancy. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1979, c 196, §6; am L1990, c 35, §7]