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21. One signature was later disqualified when it was found that the petition was signed after the circulator's attestation date. 22. The official total number of signatures examined on the petition was 8,780. 23. The supplementary petition was processed using the same procedures applied during the initial petition described above. Two Petitioners' Committee Members observed the intake process on June 16, 2006, and one Petitioners' Committee Member observed the intake process on June 19, 2006. 24. 867 randomly-selected signatures of the supplementary petition were compazed to those on file. No evidence was found to suggest fraud or forgery. 25. The term "qualified voter" is not defined in Article XI, Hawaii County Chazter, relating to Initiative and Referendum. Nevertheless, the following definition of "qualified voter" is found in Article XII, Section 12-1.1(c), relating to Recall: The term "qualified voter" means a person who is registered to vote in the county on the date that the clerk begins the examination to determine the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition. 26. During the initial validation procedures, the signature date on the petition was compazed against the date of voter registration. If the petition was signed prior to the voter registration date in the general register, the signature was invalidated (PSD). After legal examination of the definition of "qualified voter", it was determined that as long as the person had registered to vote when the petition was examined against the general register by the Office of the County Clerk, the signature should be validated. Thus, all signatures falling only under the "Prior Signature Date" criteria in both original and supplementary petitions were added to the valid signature total. 9