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Electronically Filed <br />Supreme Court <br />SC PW-21-0000342 <br />07-J U L-2021 <br />01.50 PM <br />Dkt. 3 OGP <br />SCPW-21-0000342 <br />IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I <br />STATE OF HAWAI`T ex rel. Clare E. Connors, <br />Attorney General, Petitioner, <br />vs. <br />STATE OF HAWAT`T 2021 <br />REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION, Respondent. <br />ORIGINAL PROCEEDING <br />ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS <br />OR EXTRAORDINARY WRIT <br />(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.) <br />The State of Hawaii ex rel. Clare E. Connors, Attorney <br />General of the State of Hawaii ("Petitioner") has filed a <br />petition for writ of mandamus or extraordinary writ, with the <br />support of the State of Hawaii 2021 Reapportionment Commission <br />("Commission"), to adjust the deadlines for the Commission to <br />(1) issue public notice of its proposed legislative and <br />congressional reapportionment plans and (2) file its final <br />legislative and congressional reapportionment plans, by slightly <br />less than six months. Upon consideration of the petition and the <br />supporting documents, and given the unique circumstances faced by <br />the Commission, the requested extraordinary writ is necessary and <br />within this court's authority. <br />