Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-14-0001313 10-MAR-2016 01:01 PM SCWC-14-0001313 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

GREEN PARTY OF HAWAII, KAREN M. HOLT, ELIZABETH M. RUZE, MICHAEL KRATZKE, MOANI KEALA AKAKA, KIM DUFFETT, MARY JO DENNISON and MAKAʻALA KAʻAUMOANA, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants,

vs.

SCOTT NAGO, Chief Elections Office, State of Hawaiʻi, and STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-14-0001313; CIVIL NO. 12-1-0956(2))

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants’ Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on January 27, 2016, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 10, 2016.

Lance D. Collins /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioners /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna for respondents /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson