Honolulu City Council Chairman Tommy Waters could be knocked off the ballot, and the state's highest court will decide within days.

• A lower court already ruled Waters can't run again because it would be his third term.
• The city charter caps council members at two straight four-year terms.
• Waters argues his first term doesn't count in full, since he won a 2019 special election and served under four years.
• If he's ruled ineligible, the general election would go to Trevor Ozawa and Tara-Malia Gregory, the next two primary finishers.
• One justice pointed out that other states usually let a candidate run and let voters sort it out.

Outlook: A ruling is expected by Friday, and it will settle who appears on the ballot.