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wording on this which means that someone can be elected in a Special Election at the <br />same time as we hold our Primary Elections. Maui County wording, on the same thing, <br />provides that if there are only two people running in a winner -take -all election, they <br />would both go onto the ballot at the time of the General Election, when we have like <br />15% more people actually voting, and I would really like to see us use the Maui County <br />language instead of the Honolulu County. It changes things a bit, but I do have a copy <br />here of the Maui County, that we all have had for a while. But I would move that we <br />insert that rather than the City and County of Honolulu, in the interest of allowing more <br />people to vote. <br />RAY: So are you moving that as an amendment? <br />IRVINE: Yes. <br />RAY: Do we have a second? <br />HERKES: Well, did we have a motion on the floor? <br />SANTANGELO: We're amending the motion so you need to second it. <br />HERKES: I'll second. <br />RAY: Discussion on the proposed amendment. <br />• SANTANGELO: If I'm to understand, Sue, then the intent of this — more voters, but <br />the intent is that in a General there will be people running for all offices. <br />• <br />IRVINE: Yes. <br />HERKES: No? Chris is shaking his head. <br />YUEN: I think, if I'm hearing you correctly, if only two file, then that race is <br />not decided at the Primary at all, and they both go on to the General. And if there are <br />three or more running, and one person in the Primary gets the 50% plus one vote, then <br />that's pau and you're elected outright. <br />HERKES: In the Primary? <br />IRVINE: I don't think so. <br />HERKES: So that means we're back to where we started from. <br />YUEN: No, it's a little bit different because the way it was voted on when <br />we first did this was that if you got 50% plus one in the — we'll call it the Primary for <br />simplicity; it's not really the Primary. <br />27 <br />