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each agenda item and not be limited to giving testimony at the beginning of the meeting. <br />"Periodic testimony may be especially appropriate in situations where a controversial or <br />significant issue that was not anticipated develops during the board's discussions and <br />decision -making." Kanahele v1194 <br />?Q13 . Limiting the public to testifying at the beginning of a meeting will decrease the <br />effectiveness of testimony, especially when Commission packets are not provided in advance <br />of meetings. <br />Lastly, Common Cause Hawai'i requests that the 2021 Hawai'i County Redistricting <br />Commission reallocate the population of incarcerated persons to their place of residence prior <br />to incarceration. Including incarcerated persons in the population count for the district in which <br />their facility is located alters representational proportions and, as a result, the voting power of <br />residents. Without reallocation, the total population of prisons districts will contain few eligible <br />voters (because prisoners can't vote in Hawai'i), and thus, the elected representatives for <br />those districts represent fewer voters than their colleagues in parts of the State whose districts <br />do not contain prisons. Common Cause Hawai'i attaches information for the Commission on <br />how to reallocate this data. <br />Therefore, Common Cause Hawai'i respectfully asks that the 2021 Hawai'i County <br />Redistricting Commission (1) meetings all be recorded and then publicly available for later <br />viewing, (2) permit remote public testimony at the start of the agenda and additional testimony <br />by the public after each agenda item for full transparency, accountability, and public <br />participation, (3) make all board documents publicly available when distributed to the <br />Commission, and (4) reallocate data to have incarcerated persons counted at their place of <br />residence prior to incarceration. <br />If you have any questions or concerns, I am available to discuss further at 808-275-6275 or <br />sma@commoncause.org. <br />Very respectfully yours, <br />Sandy Ma <br />Sandy Ma <br />Executive Director <br />Common Cause Hawai'i <br />Attachment: How to Count Incarcerated People at Home <br />2 <br />