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publication of the notice." So the notice would be published fourteen days after the petition is filed; once the notice is published, anyone who wants to withdraw their names from the petition would have fifteen days to do so. That is the proposed suggestion. Is there any discussion? Ms. Wilkins, Ms. Hecht, do you have any comments on that proposed revision? MS. WILKINS: I think that sounds like a good addition MS. HECHT: The only thing is, is would you want to do it after the count, or before the count? Sometimes there are multiple counts on petitions. Would you want to do it after the final count is in? Otherwise, the committee, which is usually terribly under - funded, would be doing all these ads in the paper. I would suggest that it be after the final count; then publish that information too. CHR. HAITSUKA: Mr. Hookano, does that suggest our proposed suggestion, the timing; before of after the final count? MR. HOOKANO: The language would have to be changed to reflect that. Right now the language states that it will be within the filing. If it wants to reflect the timing as after the final count of the signatures; that would have to be specifically mentioned. I think maybe the clerks office or the elections office may be able to comment on the timing aspect of it. I am not really familiar on how that works. CHR. HAITSUKA: Mr. Goodenow, do you have any comments on that? MR. GOODENOW: You are asking about how this fits in with the overall timing of the process. It's kind of hard to say, because this is kind of fresh here. The council has 60 days to take action, then the council has to pass a resolution to put it on the ballot; you are working backwards. At this point in time, I would be unable to answer that; I would need more time to provide better comment. There is a withdraw procedure in the HRS (Hawai`i Revised Statutes). Perhaps it would be wise just to say they withdraw by that procedure. But, I do understand the notice requirement; otherwise, how would they know? It's a very good point. CHR. HAITSUKA: Ms. Jarman. MS. JARMAN: I think it is fine the way you are amending it. Did you take out "an amendment ?" CHR. HAITSUKA: I didn't. I was a little confused at first, but that refers back to Section 15 -1. That is actually the title of the revision; it's actually not an amended petition. MS. JARMAN: Okay, thank you. 33