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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -14 August 8, 2019 <br />MR. HENRICKS: No, the summary... again, a great head start for our voter <br />education, when we are going out. You know, full text but also a summary. That <br />goes first, full text goes next, sometimes regulatory language can be very thick for <br />people, so the summary is there to hopefully accurately convey you know, in <br />plain, simple language regardless of education, what the Charter Commission is <br />asking the population to vote on. But that won't be on the ballot either. It will <br />just be essentially a question. There is potential for the question to include a little <br />bit of material that could provide a little bit of background, but by and large it's <br />got to be succinct, it's got to end in a question mark obviously, and would have to <br />be easily answered by a simple yes or no. <br />MS. RICE: Okay. I understand. Thank you. <br />MR. HENRICKS: This is a critical piece of work right now. <br />CHR. ADAMS: And so, just so we understand, we currently have if I am not <br />mistaken, 21 Charter Amendment Proposals. That does not mean that the ad hoc <br />committee would bring back to the Commission 21 ballot measures. The idea <br />would be are there areas where these can be consolidated. So that would reduce <br />the number of ballot language, or potential ballots. Ballot questions. <br />MR. HENRICKS: And I would say that that would be in the best interest of <br />everyone to do so. There is again we talked about, ballot fatigue and you know, <br />whatever can be properly consolidated where the Commission agrees that we can <br />take maybe different proposals that can be brought under one question and you all <br />agree that that's reasonable and you know a fair put to the electorate... I would... <br />I think that's a good idea. <br />MS. RICE: Okay. I've got it. Thank you. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Commissioner Hopkins. <br />MR. HOPKINS: If there is consolidation, will the public have a chance to have a <br />comment on if those things are consolidated? <br />MR. HENRICKS: As a part of these meetings. I mean the consolidations must <br />be approved by the Commission in an open meeting. Yeah. <br />CHR. ADAMS: Commissioner Todd. <br />MS. TODD: Just a question on timeline. At what point in order to do your <br />education, do you have to have a finalized version and at what point does it have <br />to go to Elections so that they can prepare the ballots? And the State Legislature <br />just moved us toward voting by mail, so would the Charter amendments be voted <br />on by mail? <br />Page 18 <br />