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asfollows : <br /> be designed <br /> BALLOT WORDING <br /> COUNTY COUNCIL: COMPOSITION AND TERMS <br /> SHALL SECTION 3-2 OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII BE <br /> AMENDED BY CHANGING THE NUMBER, TERMS,OR DISTRICTS OF THE <br /> COUNTY COUNCILMEN? <br /> (Section 3-2 presently calls for nine councilmen, six are <br /> residents of six geographical districts, and three at-large. <br /> Amendment of section 3-2 will change the council makeup, <br /> depending on voter choice as explained below and create a <br /> reapportionment commission to apportion the district council <br /> seats every ten years beginning in 1983° ) <br /> YES <br /> NO <br /> IF SECTION 3-2 OF THE CHARTER OP THE COUNTY OF HAWAII IS TO <br /> BE AMENDED AS DETERMINED BY THE VOTE ON THE PROPOSITION ABOVE <br /> I VOTE YES FOR ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS BELOW. <br /> OPTION ONE: If approved, this amendment, etc . . , (explanatory <br /> text) <br /> OPTION TWO: If approved,this amendment etc, . . (explanatory <br /> text) 4 <br /> VOTE FOR ONLY ONE OPTION <br /> OPTION ONE <br /> OPTION TWO <br /> This ballot wording differs from that in the handout attached <br /> to the minutes of Commission meeting #28 of July 25,1979 in <br /> that it does not restrict those who voted NO to the first <br /> question from voting on the second question. <br /> We understand the problem with the ballot proposal of July 25 <br /> was that under that ballot reasoning, which excluded the first <br /> proposition NO votes from subsequent choice, it might be that <br /> there would be a majority vote for a change but difficult, <br /> if not impossible, to get a majority for either of the pro- <br /> posed alternatives of the second proposition. <br /> Under our proposed ballot there would always be a majority <br />