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MR. ODA: Is there any limitation if card-- <br /> assuming card ballots are used--any limitations as to the <br /> number of amendments that can be incorporated into those <br /> ballots? <br /> MR. TAMASHIRO: We look• at about 7 ballots <br /> as becoming about the maximum. Seven cards, seven physical <br /> cards. <br /> MR. ODA: For each voter? <br /> MR. TAMASHIRO: For each voter. You can get <br /> on the average, if you look at the samples I passed out, you <br /> can get about 8 amendments on a ballot. <br /> MR. ODA: So 8 amendments on one side or two <br /> sides? <br /> MR. TAMASHIRO: Two sides. <br /> MR. ODA: So if you have the maximum would <br /> be about 56. <br /> MR. TAMASHIRO: Yes. Let me cite the ConCon <br /> ballot that we had. The past Constitutional Convention <br /> ballot. That was very poorly designed. It caused a lot of <br /> confusion. They went from what, 102: or some‘ odd, amendments <br /> down to 34 for the voters to vote.So, obviously, they combined <br /> a lot of the amendments and the full text, again, was not_ readily <br /> available at the polls, so that was the other problem'. I feel <br /> if you are going to use the punch' card ballot , then please limit <br /> the amendments that you change to your major amendment rather <br /> than housekeeping and those language correcting amendments. <br /> MR. ODA: If you change, let ' s say, spellings <br /> of words and commas here and periods there and that kind of <br /> thing. There might have been a couple like that. <br /> MR. TAMASHIRO: You might go beyond the limit. <br /> If you are going to go upwards in fifty or plus amendments, you <br /> may have difficulty in trying to use the punchcard.,ballot. <br /> Again, depending on how long the question would be that is <br /> presented to the voter. You could cover all of the text in a <br /> separate handout and also publish that in a paper, a digest of <br /> it in the newspaper. <br /> MR. ODA: There is no way that your office <br /> can see that the practical problem of going beyond seven or <br /> eight cards can be resolved? <br /> MR. TAMASHIRO: Not at this time. We could try <br /> to assist your County Clerk ' s office to handle it but when you <br /> give a voter 10 physical cards to vote, they may get confused <br /> and forget to vote on one side. After punching about 5 they <br /> may just give up and not punch the rest. So you may have a <br /> problem. - <br /> -13- <br />