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It should be noted that 57,994 electors turned out to vote in the 2004 General Election; however, the mayor's race was determined in the first Special Election. If the General Election voter turnout was used to calculate the required number of signatures, the required number of qualified signatories would have been 8,699. In view of the ambiguous language of the Charter, it was determined that the interpretation should err on the side of the petitioning electorate by using the lower number of 4,846. 4. Section 11-3 and Section 11-4, Hawaii County Charter, read as follows: Section 11-3. Petitioners' Committee. For each initiative or referendum petition there shall be a petitioners' committee representing all the petitioners, which committee shall be composed of five members who shall be qualified voters of the county and signers of the petition. The committee shall be responsible for circulation of the petition and for assembling and filing the petition in proper form. The committee shall have the power to amend or withdraw the petition as provided in this charter. Section 11-4. Initiative and Referendum Petitions: Forms and Sufficiency. (a) Initiative and referendum petitions shall be governed by the rules regarding form and sufficiency set forth in this section, as well as by such other rules as the county council may impose by ordinance, consistent with the provisions and with the spirit and purpose of the charter. (b) For immediate acceptance of petitions, the clerk of the council shall require that: (1) The petitions indicate by name and address, the five signers who constitute the petitioners' committee for that petition. (2) The petitions indicate the address, to which all notices for petitioners' committee are to be sent. (3) The signatures to petitions be filed on paper of uniform size and style and assembled as one instrument. Upon presentation, petitions which reasonably comply with this subsection (a) shall be accepted by the clerk without delay; petitions shall be rejected for non-compliance. (4) Electors signing such petition shall print their names, add their signatures, residence addresses, social security numbers and the dates of signing on said petition. (c) For purposes of certification, any petition shall be found insufficient which: (1) Is signed by less than the required number of qualified voters of the county. (2) Proposes, or requests appeal of, an ordinance not subject to the powers of initiative or referendum. (d) Signatures are invalid and petitions insufficient: (1) If signers are not given an opportunity to read the full text of the proposed ordinance under an initiative petition, or the designation and description of 3