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MR. SHUMWAY: Can you do it now? <br />MR. HOOKANO: Sure, if you guys don't mind me being absent for a little while. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: That's fine, if you think you can do it in the next 10 minutes. <br />MR. KAULUKUKUI: One possibility we might consider is not changing the percentage, but <br />changing from registered voters to cast votes, which would give us a smaller number of <br />names actually needed, and be more representative of the people who voted in the last <br />election. <br />MS. JARMAN: That certainly makes some logical sense. Therefore the people who are <br />putting the people into office would be the ones that you draw on to decide whether you <br />recall them from office. And it rewards people for voting, which is nice. <br />MR. NAHALE -A: For me, I haven't seen a big problem with the need for recall, and so it's <br />not an area of the Charter that I want to invest my time into. I think it takes a lot to be an <br />elected official, and so I'm not inclined to make it harder for them. So for me personally, I <br />won't be trying to make it easier to recall elected officials. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Is there any other discussion? <br />MS. KAWAUCHI: My apologies, I have to request to be excused from the meeting today. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Ms. Kawauchi is excused. We still have a quorum, so we can continue. <br />MS. KAWAUCHI: Thank you. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Ms. Kawauchi is being excused at 3:15 p.m. <br />MR. NAHALE -A: Mr. Chair, I also would like to add to my comment the fact that the easier <br />we make it the more likely it is that folks go for it. Then, you put a burden on staff, their <br />staff time is taken up. For me, it is kind of a distraction from real business. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Thank you. <br />MR. SHUMWAY: I guess that was what I was hoping, that if Mr. Hookano comes back <br />with some figures from the other counties, if they are all 25 percent, then I would say there is <br />good reason not to make any changes. If they are not, then maybe we have something to <br />discuss. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Perhaps while we are waiting for him we can address some of the other <br />sections. We stopped at Section 12 -1.4. Is there any further discussion on Section 12 -1.4? <br />How about Section 12 -1.5? I believe we were discussing Section 12 -1.6. <br />29 <br />