Overview

• The committee filed the case on Oct. 14 against the state’s chief election officer after months of unanswered records requests.
• The dispute centers on Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act, which requires public access to records documenting voter-roll maintenance.
• Hawaii’s Office of Elections declined to confirm whether it holds the requested documents, according to the filing and party statements.
• The lawsuit asks a court to order the production of the records and asserts violations of Hawaii’s public-records statute.
• The action follows RNC requests sent in March to 48 states and Washington, D.C., and aligns with President Trump’s executive order directing tighter federal election rules.