Aloha, Democrats

The Hawaii Democratic Party may file suit for the right to decide who votes in Democratic primaries. The state convention has approved such a suit, and there may be another vote on the matter at next month's meeting of the party's state central committee.

Similar lawsuits brought by Virginia Republicans and the Mississippi Democratic Party are pending in the federal courts. A federal suit filed by a group of 71 Idaho Republicans was recently dismissed on a technicality, and a resolution calling for a new lawsuit will be presented at the January meeting of the Idaho Republican Central Committee.

There is also a movement among South Carolina Republicans for a closed primary.