§76-51 Political activities by commissioners prohibited. No person who occupies any elective or appointive office or any position under the state or county government shall be eligible for membership on or continue to be a member of the civil service commission. The term "appointive office" for the purpose of this section, shall not include notaries public. No member of the commission shall, during the member's term of office, serve as an officer or committee member of any political party organization, including a precinct organization, or present oneself as a candidate or be a candidate for nomination or election to any public office at any election. The office of any member who violates this section or part IV of this chapter, shall be conclusively presumed to have been abandoned and vacated by reason thereof and the governor shall thereupon appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy. As an alternative remedy, proceedings in the nature of quo warranto may be brought by any person to oust any member who violates this section or part IV of this chapter. [L 1955, c 274, pt of §1; RL 1955, §3-16; HRS §76-51; gen ch 1985]