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• Mr. Yasuki Arakaki Page 2 March 2, 1979 . Since it appears that the Third Charter Commission adopted the language of Section 13-4 (f) with the legislative history of the Maui provision in mind, the Supplementary Statement of the Activities , Findings and Recommendations of the Charter Commissioners to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Maui quoted in a February 12 , 1975 Maui County Attorney' s letter to Mayor Cravalho is relevant: • "The phrase 'member of a political party' must be defined by ordinance. A person does not become a member of a political party by selecting a party ballot in a primary election. 'Party membership' involves something more, i.e. , enrollment, payment of dues , approval by the party' s county committee, etc. How much more must be determined by ordinance. ". Under this line of reasoning, :"independents" is not a "political party" because there is no activity involved which is comparable to an association of voters involving "enroll- ment, payment of dues , approval by the party' s county committee. " Another means of determining legislative intent is construing a term according to its common or ordinary • meaning. Hawaiian . Beaches , Inc. v. Kondo, 52 Haw. 279, 281, 474 P.2d 538, 540. As generally used in the United States , "political party" means a voluntary association of voters organized to promote a common political end. State ex rel. Kiser v. Milispaugh, 241 Ind. 656, 175 N.E.2d 13, 15; Schafer v. Whipple, 25 Colo. 400, 55 P. 180 , 182. As used in Hawaii, "political party" may mean a voluntary association of voters with a central (state) committee and county commit- tees organized to promote a common political end. Evidence supporting the addition of the elements of state and county committees to the general definition is found in the Supplementary • Statement of the Maui Commissioners andin the definition of "political' party" (or "party") found in state election ' statutes. The Maui Commissioners , supra, by listing "approval • by the party' s committee" as a prerequisite to party member- ship, assumed that a "political party must have a county committee. " Former HRS §13-1 (since repealed) defined "party" for the purposes of the primary election as requiring a state committee and committees for each of the counties. HRS §11-61, in defining "political party" for the election - statutes generally, continues the requirement for a state committee and county committees.