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• • • BALLOT WORDING . COUNTY COUNCIL: COMPOSITION. AND TERMS SHALL SECTION 3-2 OF THE CHARTER OF THE ER COUNTY OF HAWAIIP THE BE AMENDED BY CHANGING" THE. NUMBER,TERMS, • COUNTY COUNCILMEN? • . (Section 3-2 presently calls for nine - councilmen, 'of which six are residents of six geographical districts, and three . at-large. Amendment: eiXi:Section 3-2 will change the council I makeup, depending on voter choice as explained below, and create a reapportionment commission to 'apportion the district council; seats every ten years beginning in 1983. ) YES . NO IMPORTANT NOTE: Regardless of how you voted on the question � ove a vote on the next question because, if above, the proposition above passes, it is necessary to decide in this election what the new form of- . the 'County Council is to be. • • IF SECTION 3-2 OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII IS TO BE AMENDED AS DETERMINED BY THE VOTE ON THE PROPOSITION ABOVE, SHALL IT BE AMENDED AS PROPOSED IN OPTION ONE BELOW OR AS PROPOSED IN OPTION TWO BELOW? OPTION ONE: (If approved, this amendment 'would provide for a seven member council, five of whom shall run from the four State Representative Districts, and two at-large. At-large councilmen shall have four year terms, district councilmen shall have. two year terms. The Reapportionment Commission : . : :. • may redraw the district ' boundaries but shall. tet: in the five district and two at-large -council seats ) OPTION TWO: (If approved, this amendment would provide for a nine member counoil,all running from the four tit= to Representative Districts - two each from Distric B . 1,3, and 4, with three .from District 2. When the Reappottionment Commission acts in 1983 the nine members would represent nine separate council districts. There are no. at-large councilmen and terms of office shall be two years for all councilmen. ) VOTE FOR ONLY ONE OPTION • OPTION ONE OPTION TWO •