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Do we have the power to just do that? Because in effect we <br /> are saving, we are not going to have the status quo. We are <br /> making that decision. Do we have the authority to make that <br /> decision? <br /> MR. ODA: My shotgun opinion is yes. The <br /> reason is even if we had only one proposal , you don' t put the <br /> present language in there, the present option in there. <br /> MR. ISHIDA: But if one proposal doesn ' t have <br /> a majority then we automatically retain our present one. <br /> But in this other way, there is no such alternative. In other <br /> words, weare`-_,saying=that we determine the present plan is no <br /> good and it is not acceptable. My question is, does this <br /> commission have that authority? <br /> MR. OMONAKA: Mr. Chairman. What about the <br /> transferring of the water board from a semi-autonomous to the <br /> county? How will the ballot be designed are you in favor? <br /> Yes or no. If no, it stays back, right? <br /> MR. ISHIDA: Right, that is my understanding. <br /> MR. ODA: As I understand your question, your <br /> question is only related to two options because it doesn ' t <br /> include the present charter, right? So, what if one receives <br /> 1 ,000 votes and the other receives 999, which provision <br /> prevails? That, basically, is your question. Because we are <br /> not presenting the present option, the present charter as an <br /> option. <br /> MR. ISHIDA: No, what I am saying, does: this <br /> commission have the authority to not present the present one? <br /> Because we are, in effect, saying, hey, we don ' t want it, it <br /> is not going to be on this next charter. <br /> MR. ODA: Okay, in that situation, where you <br /> have at least two separate options, aside from the present <br /> charter provision, I would suggest that you have the present <br /> charter stated as an option--no change, or whatever. Any time <br /> you have two separate options aside from the present one, if <br /> you have only one option, then you can fall back to the <br /> original one if it doesn ' t pass, right? You don ' t even have <br /> to state it as an option. But, if you have two separate <br /> options aside from the present charter provision, on the same <br /> matter, I think you have to put the present language as an <br /> option, being the third option , or one of the three, anyway. <br /> Only in that situation where you have two other options to <br /> make it absolutely clear which one of the three prevails. <br /> Otherwise, your question is, I think, well taken. There will <br /> be some doubt as to whether you fall back to the original one <br /> or not. <br /> MR. SCHUTTE: Mr. Chairman. I believe that it <br /> was relatively assumed that there would be thisput onto the <br /> ballot, but, I believe what we are talking about is ballot <br /> design. <br /> -9- <br />