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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> C. Signatures not accompanied by a social security number were <br /> <br /> labeled "duplicate" in the computerized check. We compared every <br /> <br /> name (as best as we could read it), not accompanied by a social security <br /> number, to our computerized voter information files. If it was determined <br /> <br /> that the name matched the name of a duly registered Hawaii County voter, <br /> <br /> and if the address provided matched the address in our files, the signature <br /> was deemed valid (assuming it was properly dated.) It should be noted <br /> <br /> that the Corporation Counsel issued an opinion in 1988 with regard to the <br /> <br /> Hapuna Beach initiative which prohibits the invalidation of a signature <br /> <br /> merely because it is unaccompanied by a social security number. The <br /> opinion is based on federal law which supersedes the County Charter. <br /> <br /> d. A further procedure was employed if a signature was not accompanied by <br /> <br /> a social security number, however it matched the name of a person <br /> <br /> registered to vote in Hawaii County but the address provided in the <br /> petition differed from that in voter registration files. I am informed and <br /> <br /> believe that generally such addresses are different because the voters have <br /> <br /> moved since registration and have not yet informed our office of the <br /> change. (A voter may report the change as late as on election day. It has <br /> <br /> been our office's experience that roughly 10,000 voters change addresses <br /> <br /> during an election year and on election day alone approximately 400 <br /> <br /> voters report new addresses.) There is a high likelihood that <br /> automatically+jecting such signatures would result in denying the <br /> <br /> participation in the petition process by some duly registered Hawaii <br /> <br /> County voters. Once our staff determined that the name provided on the <br /> <br /> petition corresponded to the name of a duly registered Hawaii County <br /> <br /> <br /> -6- <br />