---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 50.14"
title: "43"
number: "50.14"
heading: "What information about the ratification referendum must be included in the request?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/50.14"
---

# §50.14. What information about the ratification referendum must be included in the request?


The written narrative thoroughly describing the ratification referendum must include the following information:

- (a) **A certification of the results of the ratification referendum including—**
  - (1) The date or dates of the ratification referendum;
  - (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) The total number of Native Hawaiians, regardless of whether they were HHCA Native Hawaiians, who cast a ballot in the ratification referendum;
  - (4) The number of HHCA Native Hawaiians who cast a vote in favor of the governing document; and
  - (5) **The total number of HHCA Native Hawaiians who cast a ballot in the ratification referendum.**
- (b) A description of how the Native Hawaiian community conducted the ratification referendum that demonstrates:
  - (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) How and when the Native Hawaiian community notified Native Hawaiians about how and when it would conduct the ratification referendum;
  - (3) How the Native Hawaiian community accorded Native Hawaiians a reasonable opportunity to vote in the ratification referendum;
  - (4) How the Native Hawaiian community prevented voters from casting more than one ballot in the ratification referendum; and
  - (5) **How the Native Hawaiian community ensured that the ratification referendum—**
    - (i) Was free and fair;
    - (ii) Was held by secret ballot or equivalent voting procedures;
    - (iii) Was open to all persons who were verified as satisfying the definition of a Native Hawaiian (consistent with [§ 50.12](/cfr/43/50.12.md)) and were 18 years of age or older, regardless of residency;
    - (iv) Did not include in the vote tallies votes cast by persons who were not Native Hawaiians; and
    - (v) Did not include in the vote tallies for HHCA Native Hawaiians votes cast by persons who were not HHCA Native Hawaiians.
- (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](/cfr/43/50.12.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9; 25 U.S.C. 479a, 479a-1 (2015) (reclassified to 25 U.S.C. 5130, 5131 (2016)); 43 U.S.C. 1457; Pub. L. 67-34, 42 Stat. 108, as amended; Pub. L. 86-3, 73 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 103-150, 107 Stat. 1510; sec. 148, Pub. L. 108-199, 118 Stat. 445; 112 Departmental Manual 28.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 71318, Oct. 14, 2016, unless otherwise noted.