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(d) Upon receipt of a ballot by mail, the voter may: (1) Mark the ballot; (2) Sign the return identification envelope supplied with the ballot; and (3) Comply with the instructions provided with the ballot. (e) The voter may return the marked ballot to the county office of elections by United States Postal Service or by depositing the ballot at any dropsite designated by the county clerk. All postage for ballots returned by the United States Postal Service shall be provided by the voter. -4 Voters' Pamphlet. (a) A voters' pamphlet is a printed insert provided by the county clerk that contains a summary or each ballot question or measure, a concise, impartial explanation each question or ballot measure and its major effects. A single, concise pro and con statement of 250 or fewer words each on the ballot question or measure to be voted on. (b) The pro statement shall be provided by a person, organization, council member, state, or group that initiates the ballot question or measure containing a single, concise pro statement of 250 or fewer words. Only one pro statement shall be allowed in the voters' pamphlet. (c) The con statement may be written by a person, organization, council member, state, or group that opposes the ballot question or measure containing a single, concise con statement of 250 or fewer words. (1) If no one chooses to write a con statement, the voters' pamphlet may be printed with the statement that "No con statement was provided" for that particular question or measure. (2) A maximum of one con statement shall be allowed in the voters' pamphlet. (3) If multiple con statements are received by the county clerk by the deadline established by the county clerk, the prosecuting attorney for the County of Hawaii shall select three people to choose the single con statement that will be used in the voters' pamphlet. (d) No statement regarding a candidate for elected office shall be included in the voters' pamphlet. -5 Public notice of mailing. Public notice of the date or dates that ballot packages are mailed, delivered, and made available shall be given by the chief election officer and all county election offices when all ballot packages have been mailed, delivered, and made available to voters. Notice shall be published in a minimum of two daily newspapers in the County of Hawaii on the twenty-eighth and twenty-first day prior to the day of election. -6 Undeliverable ballot packages. (a) Ballot packages that are mailed or delivered shall not be forwardable or deliverable beyond the address of the voter as shown in the general county register established and maintained by the county clerk.