Maui Pono Network is a Standard Political Action Committee filed with the Hawai'i Campaign Spending Commission. 

We are made up of a main governing board of ten local Maui County progressive activists and hundreds of election volunteers. All of our decisions are made publicly available, and we encourage public input and participation. Our board and election volunteers each donate dozens of hours per week without compensation or recognition. While we might differ on small issues or opinions, we all share the same goal of improving local participation in and local control of local governance, caring for the 'aina and kama'aina, and contributing our best to our community. 

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The 'Ohana Candidates are selected every election year based on their civic engagement, voting records and recorded interviews, made available to the public via Akaku TV and this web site. The current MPN volunteer board and other invited progressive Maui County leaders consider and debate the interviews and voting records of all candidates before making the endorsement decisions.  Hundreds of hours are dedicated to vetting candidates so we can have representatives the support the residents and 'aina. After we select our slate of candidates we go into the campaign phase.

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As a Standard Political Action Committee, MPN may work directly with candidates to help them with their campaigns as MPN sees fit and according to the volunteer and financial ability of MPN. Issues are decided by the MPN board and volunteers, and campaigned for or against accordingly. 

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All Maui Pono Network donations are used directly for election campaigning, and there is a limit spent for each candidate. MPN donation and spending reports are publicly available via the Hawai'i Campaign Spending Commission website. 

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For a recent list of the volunteer board or to access more of the public records, please email MPN directly using the contact information listed below. 

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We are a grassroots volunteer organization and a little money can go very far with volunteer support.

 

As a PAC we can only receive per donor a maximum of $1,000 for primary and $1,000 for general election for this 2022 election cycle.

 

The Maui Pono Network's  activities go directly to supporting the election of Ohana Candidates and Charter Amendments. This includes education, support, social media, printing materials, staging events, and phone canvasing.

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Reporting Policy

 

1. Whenever a donation is received more than $25 we must document this on the Campaign Spending Report with the name and address of the donor. For donations more than $100 we need to report name, address, employer, profession, amount and when received and deposited. The aggregate collection of funds at an event needs to be reported within 10 days of the event. Reception of personal or business donations must be documented within 10 days.

2. Donation of $25 or less are required to record the name of the donor. Fundraisers that involve a ticket price less than $25 is not required to report those individuals to the Elections Commission.

3. Primary elections reports are due August 1 and a final on August 31, also the general election reports are due on October 1 and December 6. Until we terminate we need to file even if there are no contributions or expenditures.

4. We need to report pending payments if billing is delayed after receiving the item.

5. Bookkeeping to include ongoing updates on the Campaign Spending Commission website that includes donations and candidate expenditures.

6. Maui Pono Network needs to keep records for 5 years.

 

Expenditures Policy

There are 2 types of spending:

1. Expenditures to influence the vote that is coordinated with candidates must be reported as coordinated expenditures. These would include candidate meet and greets, events where candidates are invited to attend, advertising that includes candidate own materials, and any expense that is done with any coordination with candidates. Not included is any volunteer efforts or non-paid internet efforts. All coordinated expenditures must be reported as in-kind donations to candidates. If the coordinated expenditures is for the benefit of all 15 Ohana Candidates, then 1/15th of the expenditures is credited to each of the 15 candidates.  If the coordinated expenditure is for the benefit of only one candidate, then the full expenditure is credited to that one candidate. Pono is limited to donating a maximum of $2000 to 2 year seats, that is county council and state rep candidates, and a maximum of $4000 to 4 year seats, that is mayoral and state senate candidates for this election cycle.

2. Expenditures to influence the vote that is not coordinated with candidates must be reported as non-coordinated expenditures. This includes any advertisement or postcard that does not include photos or materials used by any candidate and is not authorized by or coordinate in any way with any candidate, labor passing out these postcards, and other non-coordinated expenditures. Not included is any volunteer efforts or non-paid internet efforts.  There are no limits to these non-coordinated expenditures.

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