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ISBELL: language type? HIGASHI: That's correct. If you could research the Charter itself, the section, and do that, we'd appreciate that. ISBELL: You want us to write your bill. I've got to think about that one because that's a full-time - I've been there, done that. I know what you're talking about. HIGASHI: The other thing is, in the Vote -by -mail, I think we need to have an Amendment to the State Election laws. We did pursue that in a cursory manner for doing a Special Election, and that was not allowed. I suggest you take that to the Legislature and get some support on this, at least this Board, or having Vote -by -mail. ISBELL: The reason that I brought it up is because that was a Statewide issue, and the State League of Women Voters approved Vote -by -mail, so the State League, they will be pursuing it. I brought it up to let you know that that's one of the things that we will be working on. But, the Vote -by -mail, we feel, will give a lot of people an opportunity to vote who say they're too busy or don't have time to look at the ballot, or when they go to the voting poll, they really haven't thought it through, and that sort of thing. So, the Vote -by -mail is basically going to be a - Instead of just saying we support this, you want it put into Charter • HIGASHI: As long as we understand that we are not going to consider Vote - by -mail by this board. ISBELL: Yes, but you're aware of it, though. HIGASHI: Yes we are. RAY: Gary. YOSHIYAMA: I have a question regarding "Voter Information Pamphlet". The League's specific proposal is to make an Amendment provision in the County Charter. My question is why the County Charter other than some other route? ISBELL: Well, because it's like your constitution, and it's allowing you. The State Constitution says broad statements, this is what you'll do, this is how it will be. The County Charter's also a broad statement, and what we're saying is you should allow this to be, but I also put in there 'required', but you can change that around to allow it to happen. But if you don't have it in there, it just never happens. You pass an ordinance. It's just an ordinance. But you put it in the Charter, it's in the booklet. Everybody has a handle on that. To find an ordinance, you've got to go leafing through a whole bunch of paper, so I just feel that's a proper place for something that is so important that it makes every voter, who's voting for people throughout the island, as 20