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<br /> <br /> <br />Rules of Procedure for the Hawaiʻi County Redistricting Commission, Common Cause <br />suggests that as meetings are currently occurring remotely, they be recorded and made <br />publically available for later viewing. This will ensure a greater transparency for, and for <br />the pubic, to these Redistricting Commission meetings. <br /> <br />Secondly, we really appricate the Commission’s willingness to allow the public to <br />provide testimony at the end of the agendas so that we can weigh in on matters that were <br />discussed during this meeting. Given the consequential matters that are discussed during <br />the meeting, allowing testimony at multiple points throughout the Commission meeting <br />allows for greater participation from the general public on this very, very important work. <br /> <br />Lastly, we request that the 2021 Hawaiʻi County Redistricting Commission reallocate the <br />population of incarcerated persons to their place of residence prior to incarceration. <br />Including incarcerated persons in the population count for the district in which their <br />facility is located alters representational proportions and as a result, the voting powers of <br />residents. Without reallocation, the total population of prison districts, will contain fewer <br />eligible voters because prisoners in our State cannot vote. And thus, elected <br />representatives for those districts represent fewer voters than their colleagues in parts of <br />the State and County whose districts do not contain these facilities. We have attached <br />information to our testimony for the Commission to review on how to reallocate this data. <br />Mahalo for the opportunity to testify and I am available if there is any comments from the <br />Commission members. Thank you. <br /> <br />YOSHINA: So, I have a question then, of staff. <br /> <br />KOSSOW: Mr. Yoshina. <br /> <br />YOSHINA: Yeah so, Dennis, do we have that in our—I think I have just a letter from <br />them. <br /> <br />KAUKA: Commissioner Yoshina, you’re asking about the testimony from Common <br />Cause Hawaiʻi? It’s in the back. <br /> <br />YOSHINA: Yeah, I only have this. <br /> <br />KAUKA: Sorry, it looks like the attachment is not a part of the letter, but we’ll provide <br />that. I know it’s up on the website. I actually have copies on the black table there. Excuse <br />me, on the back table there. I’ll provide that. I’ll distribute it to Commissioners here and <br />then again, it’s on the website. <br /> <br />YOSHINA: Thank you. <br /> <br />KOSSOW: Thank you, Mr. Yoshina and Mr. Kauka. <br /> <br />KAUKA: Mahalo, Mr. Aki. Our next testifier is Ms. Shannon Matson. Ms. Matson, you <br />may begin. <br /> 34 <br /> <br />