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to make sure that we are ensuring the voters of the County of Hawai‘i that there are no <br />conflicts of interest as stated here. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: And this is to say that the informal hearing will be limited to those factors? <br /> <br />MR. DILL: Yeah. In other words, answering the request of the State Office of Elections, <br />in their letter, to look into this further. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: What other information may we need? <br /> <br />MR. DILL: We could—I did respond, as you noted, to the letter sent by Scott Nago at the <br />State Office of Elections, initially spelling out our rules, our procedures. I think we can <br />request additional information in terms of what their roles will now be, now that they’ve <br />announced that they’ve taken over portions of the operations, and how it affects the <br />reporting to the Council Chairman if at all. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Is there a second to this motion? <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: Before you make that motion— <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: --Go ahead. <br /> <br />MR. HENRICKS: I’d like to reiterate my comment. I think we’ve gone far enough. <br />Thank you. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Is there a second to this motion? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: Could I make a statement? <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Yes. <br /> <br />MS. SCHOEN: Excuse me, I don’t want you to make a statement. I want you guys to see <br />if there’s a second to the motion. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Yeah, and then we’ll have discussion. <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: I’ll second it. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Is there discussion, Mr. Hisashima? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: Yes. The State is going to take over the elections, per se—the <br />operations—because of certain things that happened during the primary. The State has <br />their own rules set. I don’t think the rules is made by the Council Chair or the Council. <br />It’s made by the State. Therefore, if the State—my question is going to be, what is the <br />State messes this up? What is the next outcome? The federal? The County’s off the <br />charts now. It becomes a State issue. We can request for all the information. Until the <br />day it happens, we’re not going to know how it pans out. So I would think, if we’re going <br /> <br /> <br />