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Meeting: Council — April 30, 2013
Action: Withdrawn by introducer
Re: Res 104-13; Comm, 245 (2012-2014 term)
COUNTY OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO.
STATE OF HAWAII
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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR TO AUDIT THE
OFFICE OF ELECTIONS REGARDING THE 2012 PRIMARY AND GENERAL
ELECTIONS AND TO TRANSMIT THE AUDIT BY JUNE 15, 2013.
WHEREAS, Hawaii County Charter Section 3-18(d) states in part that "The legislative
auditor shall conduct or cause to be conducted ... (2) Performance and/or financial audits of the
funds, programs, services, and operations of any county agency, executive agency, or program,
as set forth by the legislative auditor in an annual audit plan that shall be transmitted to the
county council and the mayor and filed with the county clerk as a public record...."; and
WHEREAS, the audit plan that the Legislative Auditor submitted for fiscal years 2012-
2014 includes the Office of the Clerk and the Hawaii County Council (Council); and
WHEREAS, Hawaii County Charter Section 3-6 (b) state in part that "...The county
clerk shall:... (3) Conduct all elections held within the County...."; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Elections and the County Clerk received unprecedented public
scrutiny in the prelude to and the conduct of the 2012 primary elections; and
WHEREAS, as a result of unexpected technical and operational problems with the
Office of Elections during the primary election, more than half of the polling places in Hawaii
County did not open at 7 a.m. as required by Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 11-131, Hours of
voting; and
WHEREAS, the negative perception of the Office of Elections and the County Clerk as a
result of the 2012 election reduced the public trust in the competence and integrity of Hawaii
County's government; and
WHEREAS, the Council on October 3, 2012, approved Resolution No. 311-12,
supporting in part the League of Women Voters' request to investigate "the processes and
actions that led up to the August 11, 2012, mishaps in the Hawaii County"; and
WHEREAS, an audit of the practices and recommendations to improve the performance
of the Office of Elections will help Hawaii County maintain its public integrity in future
elections; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Council hereby requests the Legislative Auditor to conduct an audit of the Office of Elections for
the 2012 primary and general elections.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Auditor transmit the completed
audit of the Office of Elections by June 15, 2013.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislative Auditor may make
recommendations to improve the performance of the Office of Elections as the Legislative
Auditor deems necessary.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Legislative Auditor.
Dated at , Hawai`i, this day of , 2013.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawaii on
ATTEST:
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES NOES ABS EX
EOFF
FORD
ILAGAN
KANUHA
KERN
ONISHI
POINDEXTER
WILLE
YOSHIMOTO
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO
2
C-245/FC
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