1999-08-25 Charter Commission Minutes (2)

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minutes 8-25-99Page 6 of 60 If you’re in that Primary, 50% plus one or more, that’s it. ARAKAWA: Right. Automatically in. SANTANGELO: Otherwise the two top vote getters go into what you would call a General? ARAKAWA: Correct. SANTANGELO: But you said there was another type where the two highest - so one election only and the two highest vote getters, regardless of the percentage, were winners? ARAKAWA: No, two elections. It would be two elections. There’s other places on the mainland that have two elections; first election, they see who the two highest vote getters are, and then they run in the General. SANTANGELO: Like the Honolulu? ARAKAWA: No. Honolulu is 50% - if you get 50% plus one, you’re in. If you don’t get 50% plus one, you have to run-off against your number two. SANTANGELO: So, almost the same thing then. The two highest would move on unless you got 50% plus. ARAKAWA: Correct. SANTANGELO: Then the other one was, no matter how many people get in the Primary, the highest vote getter regardless, is the winner. One election, one winner. ARAKAWA: Right. SANTANGELO: So it’s just plurality, it’s not a majority type thing? ARAKAWA: Yes, not a majority. FELIX: There is one exception. If there is a resignation or removal from office and there is a special Special Election, and it’s winner take all in the Special Election, plurality. That’s the one exception. SANTANGELO: Thank you. RAY: Marni Herkes. HERKES: You guys have been fairly glowing about nonpartisan elections and your experience with them has been very positive. ARAKAWA: No, I lost the Prosecutor’s election. FELIX: That’s right, I forgot about that. ARAKAWA: That’s a joke. That’s a joke. I got a better job. HERKES: That’s partisan, the Prosecutor’s was. With everything that has a lot of positives, there are some negatives. What negatives do you see on nonpartisan file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 8-25-99.html7/1/2011