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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCEC-XX-XXXXXXX 10-SEP-2026 03:17 PM Dkt. 72 ODMR SCEC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ KRISTEN K. SOUZA, also known as KANANI SOUZA, Plaintiff, vs. SCOTT T. NAGO, in his official capacity as Chief Elections Officer, Office of Elections, State of Hawaiʻi; STATE OF HAWAIʻI OFFICE OF ELECTIONS; CHADD KADOTA, in his official capacity as Acting City Clerk, City and County of Honolulu; REX QUIDILLA, in his official capacity as the Elections Administrator, City and County of Honolulu; and SHEILA MEDEIROS, Defendants. ________________________________________________________________ ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION (By: Ginoza, J., and Intermediate Court of Appeals Associate Judge McCullen, in place of Devens, C.J., recused, and Intermediate Court of Appeals Associate Judge Guidry, assigned by reason of vacancy; with McKenna, Acting C.J. and Eddins, J., dissenting) Upon consideration of Defendant Sheila Medeiros’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed September 9, 2026, which seeks reconsideration of this court’s September 4, 2026 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment, Defendant Medeiros has not established points of law or fact that this court has overlooked or misapprehended. See Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 40(b) (eff. 2000). Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is denied. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, September 10, 2026. /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza /s/ Sonja M.P. McCullen /s/ Kimberly T. Guidry DISSENT BY McKENNA, ACTING C.J. AND EDDINS, J. We would grant Sheila Medeiros’s Motion for Reconsideration in part. For the reasons set out in our amended separate opinion to be filed tomorrow, we would vacate Judgment paragraph A of the September 4, 2026 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment, and complete the primary after the November 3, 2026 general election, with the winner deemed elected under Article III, Section 4. We would deny the motion in all other respects. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins 2