Here’s a bit more evidence of the parallel views of those on the political right who have sued to block the election for delegates to a Native Hawaiian political convention, and those on the independence-or-bust nationalist side of the Hawaiian spectrum.

These two sides are opposites in many ways, but their views of this election process are remarkably similar. The right wing says the election will violate provisions of the U.S. constitution because of the role played by the State Legislature and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in authorizing and funding the election process. Nationalists agree that the process is fatally flawed because the involvement of the state and OHA mean that any possible outcome will not, by definition, be truly independent.

A public Facebook page is spreading the message, “Protest Na‘i Aupuni,” and urging Hawaiians to remove their names from the roll of eligible voters. Hawaiians are also being urged to sign a petition pushing for disenrollment.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the parties suing to block the election as unconstitutional cite the nationalist opposition’s claims of “state/fed control” of Na‘i Aupuni in their legal arguments in federal court next week.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. The election, if it succeeds in drawing substantial participation with hard-line nationalists. And if participation is low, it will leave the effort to create a Hawaiian governing entity under U.S. law, that began with the Akaka bill, dead in the water.