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COUNTY OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. STATE OF HAWAII 104 13 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR TO AUDIT THE OFFICE OF ELECTIONS REGARDING THE 2012 PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS AND TO TRANSMIT THE AUDIT BY JUNE 15, 2013. WHEREAS, Hawaii County Charter Section 3-18(d) states in part that "The legislative auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted ... (2) Performance and/or financial audits of the funds, programs, services, and operations of any county agency, executive agency, or program, as set forth by the legislative auditor in an annual audit plan that shall be transmitted to the county council and the mayor and filed with the county clerk as a public record...."; and WHEREAS, the audit plan that the Legislative Auditor submitted for fiscal years 2012- 2014 includes the Office of the Clerk and the Hawaii County Council (Council); and WHEREAS, Hawaii County Charter Section 3-6 (b) state in part that "...The county clerk shall:... (3) Conduct all elections held within the County...."; and WHEREAS, the Office of Elections and the County Clerk received unprecedented public scrutiny in the prelude to and the conduct of the 2012 primary elections; and WHEREAS, as a result of unexpected technical and operational problems with the Office of Elections during the primary election, more than half of the polling places in Hawaii County did not open at 7 a.m. as required by Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 11-131, Hours of voting; and WHEREAS, the negative perception of the Office of Elections and the County Clerk as a result of the 2012 election reduced the public trust in the competence and integrity of Hawaii County's government; and WHEREAS, the Council on October 3, 2012, approved Resolution No. 311-12, supporting in part the League of Women Voters' request to investigate "the processes and actions that led up to the August 11, 2012, mishaps in the Hawaii County"; and WHEREAS, an audit of the practices and recommendations to improve the performance of the Office of Elections will help Hawaii County maintain its public integrity in future elections; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Council hereby requests the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit of the Office of Elections for the 2012 primary and general elections.