Haw. Rev. Stat. § 11-7.5: Duties of the elections commission.

The duties of the elections commission are to:

(1) Hold public hearings;

(2) Investigate and hold hearings for receiving evidence of any violations and complaints;

(3) Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91;

(4) Employ, without regard to chapter 76, a full-time chief election officer, pursuant to section 11-1.6;

(5) Conduct a performance evaluation of the chief election officer within two months after the date a general election is certified;

(6) Hold a public hearing on the performance of the chief election officer and consider the information gathered at the hearing in deliberations on the chief election officer's reappointment; and

(7) Advise the chief election officer on matters relating to elections.