2021-12-09 Redistricting Commission minutes (9th Session)

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LUL From my understanding, there are states that have changed the rules so that inmates are counted at their place of permanent residence. I think that Common Cause did comment on this, and I think they might have more of that information. But, I would just say that the first motion should still hold, and that we should make that request to our legislators. I yield. KOSSOW: Thank you, Ms. Lui. Do we have any other discussion regarding this incarcerated peoples? (No response.) STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (part 3) KOSSOW: Mr. Aki, are you still available on Zoom? JACOB AKI AKL Aloha, Chair. Can you folks hear me? KOSSOW: Yes. AKL Okay, sorry about that. Yes, so we can definitely share information that we have to you folks. We did submit that to the Commission in previous meetings, but I can resend to you folks, as well as to the Elections Office. But we'd also want to also make a point that, you know, the change at the State Office of Election would only be relevant to the State reapportionment process. Just to also clarify that for the County to If the County would want, for your folk's process, to count these people where they are at, or where their home address is at, it would also need to be amended in the County Charter as well. So, if there's any changes made at the State level, that would be for the State Reapportionment process only. So, the County should proceed in making the changes in your folk's County Charter as well. KOSSOW: Thank you, Mr. Aki. I'm just reading through Common Cause's Communication 35. It does recommend to review and discuss amending and mandating it through the County Charter and the County Code sections. So, we can either write the letter to the legislators, which we know, I assume from what the information I have received, is that it would only affect the Reapportionment Commission. Or we can make a recommendation to the Council for this. So, I'm open for discussion and open for questions. HUSTACE: So moved, Chair. That we write a letter of recommendation to our Council to making this adjustment as well. If it coincides with the State work, then we need to follow suit. And I don't know if the State's going to do it, but we can try and do it on our end at least. KOSSOW: Motion's on the table to write a letter to the Council regarding the incarcerated peoples. Is there a second? 27