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MR. ISHIDA: For all the others ' benefit then if you will turn to Section 3-4. The reapportionment provision will be 3-3 . So the present 3-3 will now read 3-4, Qualifications. Onthe second line the last word ./two/ will be changed to one. . .for at least one year. On page 3 , we are still on Section 3-4, the last two sentences before the next section which starts out /Should a councilman who is elected. . ./ shall be deleted in total. Immediately above that on the second line of that page there is the word /two7 the last word in the second line. Those words /two years/ will be deleted and substituted there will be 90' days. MR. CADINHA: Question. Mr. Chairman , how did we arbitrarily arrive at 90 days? CHAIRMAN SAKATA: By law. MR. ISHIDA: Legal counsel , answer that. MR. ODA: Before the nomination papers- are filed there are' 90 days between the nomination being filed and the primary election. So it wasn ' t arbitrary. There is a 3 month period, a 90 day period, between the close of nominations and the primary election. MR. CADINHA: Why can ' t there by one year? MR. OMONAKA: By State Statute election laws. MR. CADINHA: Do the election laws say we cannot put a residency requirement in the district? MR. OMONAKA: 90 days was spelled out in the law. MR. CADINHA: How can you differentiate district from any other MR. ODA: If you were a resident of the county to say that you--have to "live ri a specific district to run from: ;that district is different than saying you are a resident of the county. MR. ISHIDA: In other words , the one year would still be applicable to run for office. MR. CADINHA: On the county level but we could still have the musical chairs going on within districts and so the theory of representation being district representation is completely blown out the window. MRS. KOBAYASHI : We are leaving the choice to the wisdom of the voters. : MR. CADINHA: The wisdom of the voters. Okay. -34-