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N ,V Of DONALD IKEDA o? , Phone No.: (808) 961-8261 Council Member Fax No.: (808) 961-8912 District 2 South Hilo 'E E-mail: dikeda@co.hawaii.hi.us Oi N~+ HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL a County of Hawaii Hawaii County Building ? 25 Aunum Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 April 7, 2008 Co TO: Pete Hoffmann, Chair and Members of the Hawaii County Council - co FROM: Donald Ikeda, Council Member AM RE: Proposed Amendment to Bill 257, Draft 2, Regarding Initiative and Referendum Petitions Attached for your consideration are proposed amendments to Bill 257, Draft 2, regarding Initiative and Referendum Petitions. These proposed amendments would make the following changes to the existing version of the bill: 1. Amend Section 11-5, as contained in the existing draft of Bill 257, regarding form and sufficiency. These proposed changes are ramseyered and shown in bold font, as follows: "Section 11-5. Initiative and Referendum Petitions: Forms and Sufficiency. (b) For acceptance of petitions, the clerk shall require that: (4) Each elector signing such petitions shall print their name, add their signature, residence [or mailing- address], month and day of their birth date, and the month, day, and year of signing on said petition. The information provided by the signer of the petition shall be deemed acceptable if the clerk judges [three of) the four following qualifiers to be reasonably similar to the information on the general register of the County of Hawaii: name, signature, residence [or mailing] address, and the month and day of their birth date. (c) For purposes of certification, any petition shall be found insufficient that: (1) Is signed by less than fifteen [ten] percent of the voters who voted in the last Mayoral election." comma NO. 109 Ref. Tot •ensMl Ref. Date APR~9 Z~fla~ Hawal`i County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer