Comm No 0055 - Final Text of Proposals Submitted to County Clerk

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CA -22, Draft 2: Relating to the Use of Social Security Numbers on Petitions CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: Section 1. Article XI, Section 11-5, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2018 Edition), is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: "(b) For acceptance of petitions, the clerk shall require that: (1) The petitions indicate the five members of the committee for that petition by name and residence address as they appear on the general county register for the County of Hawai`i. (2) The petitions indicate the designated representative for the committee and the address to which all notices for the committee are to be sent. (3) The petitions be filed on papers of uniform size and style and assembled as one instrument. (4) Each elector signing such petitions shall print their name, which shall be reasonably similar to their name as it appears on the general county register for the County of Hawai`i, and add their signature[,] and month and day of their birth date[, and the last four digits of their social security number] on said petition. (5) The petition contains a prominent notice stating whether one or more petition circulators are to be paid. Paid means monetary payment or payment of goods and services. Pay for petition circulators shall not be based on the number of signatures collected. (6) The petition contain the ballot title and the ballot question. (7) Each page of the completed petition form shall be numbered consecutively." Section 2. Article XII, Section 12-1.3, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2018 Edition), is amended to read as follows: "Section 12-1.3. Signatures. Signers of a recall petition shall print their name, which shall be reasonably similar to their name as it appears on the general county register for the County of Hawai`i, and add their signature, residence address, and month and day of their birth date[, and the last four digits of their social security number] on said petition. To each such petition paper there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator thereof, stating the number of signers to such part of the petition and that each signature appended to the paper was made in the circulator's presence and is believed to be the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be, and that each signer understood the nature of the recall petition." 30