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43 CFR §50.14

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The written narrative thoroughly describing the ratification referendum must include the following information:
  1. (a)A certification of the results of the ratification referendum including:
    1. (1)The date or dates of the ratification referendum;
    2. (2)The number of Native Hawaiians, regardless of whether they were HHCA Native Hawaiians, who cast a vote in favor of the governing document;
    3. (3)The total number of Native Hawaiians, regardless of whether they were HHCA Native Hawaiians, who cast a ballot in the ratification referendum;
    4. (4)The number of HHCA Native Hawaiians who cast a vote in favor of the governing document; and
    5. (5)The total number of HHCA Native Hawaiians who cast a ballot in the ratification referendum.
  2. (b)A description of how the Native Hawaiian community conducted the ratification referendum that demonstrates:
    1. (1)How and when the Native Hawaiian community made the full text of the proposed governing document (and a brief impartial description of that document) available to Native Hawaiians prior to the ratification referendum, through the Internet, the news media, and other means of communication;
    2. (2)How and when the Native Hawaiian community notified Native Hawaiians about how and when it would conduct the ratification referendum;
    3. (3)How the Native Hawaiian community accorded Native Hawaiians a reasonable opportunity to vote in the ratification referendum;
    4. (4)How the Native Hawaiian community prevented voters from casting more than one ballot in the ratification referendum; and
    5. (5)How the Native Hawaiian community ensured that the ratification referendum:
      1. (i)Was free and fair;
      2. (ii)Was held by secret ballot or equivalent voting procedures;
      3. (iii)Was open to all persons who were verified as satisfying the definition of a Native Hawaiian (consistent with § 50.12) and were 18 years of age or older, regardless of residency;
      4. (iv)Did not include in the vote tallies votes cast by persons who were not Native Hawaiians; and
      5. (v)Did not include in the vote tallies for HHCA Native Hawaiians votes cast by persons who were not HHCA Native Hawaiians.
  3. (c)A description of how the Native Hawaiian community verified whether a potential voter in the ratification referendum was a Native Hawaiian and whether that potential voter was also an HHCA Native Hawaiian, consistent with § 50.12.