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MR. OMONAKA: I see what you are getting at. There is a possibility then to have the 1982 election under the reapportionment. MR. ISHIDA: Right. MR. ODA: Let ' s assume you get it in April of 1981 . The commission is constituted in February. Or, even you can make it in April. But, supposing there is a delay in there until September or October? I haven ' t counted the number of days, the total , they will have. But, from the day they convene, basically, it ' s about what, 8 months? From February 1 to September 30. It ' s 8 months that the commission has time to meet and let ' s say, it ' s April, so that' s if they convene on April 1 , assuming they have the information, they they will have up to the rest of the year, December 31 , assuming everything goes according to plan to do their work. Right, 8 months? That 's assuming they have the information on time, so, by January 1 , 1982 they should have, assuming no hitches , the reapportionment plan. Now, the nominations and all that sort of thing, I under- stand, sometime in the summer they close filing for seats and that kind of thing. We are talking about at the mostif.-everything goes okay, a possible 6 months, safety period , so to speak. So, maybe this thing can be worded in such a way if they can do it. If they cannot, it goes on to the next election as an option. MR. ISHIDA: Let me ask you one question. In view of the fact that we have this additional information of this 1980 census mandated to be published in April of 1981 , can we still delay it until 1983 as written now in our proposal? MR. ODA: I think based on timetable problems, we can. MR. ISHIDA: That ' s all I want to know. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Mr. Oda, you feel that this 1983. . .the length of time is really a good cushion in this case MR. ODA: I do. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Do you feel that is one of the reasons. . . . MR. ODA: Yes. First of all , I 'm not sure. . .. I haven ' t heard of that April, 1981. mandate. There may be one. But , if there is a mandate that it be published, I 'm concerned about whether the commission, itself, can have the actual copies available to work with in April of 198.1. It may be published in Washington , D. C. but before it filters down to this level may be another month, two months, three months and when do we constitute the commission? We certainly can ' t do it in February. They have nothing to do. They can only be convened upon receipt of the census information. So if they. . .I hate to be a pessimist on that but even if they mandate it to publish it, I don ' t think they' ll receive it in hand to really look at in April. That ' s my concern. -18-