CONST 0004-0010 ANNOTATIONS

Renumbered from section 9 under the authority of Resolution No. 29 of the 1978 Constitutional Convention.

Delegates to convention devising reapportionment plan are not prohibited from becoming candidates under the new plan. Att. Gen. Op. 77-3.

Use of registered voters as basis of apportionment, 384 U.S. 73, 84, 90, upon review of 238 F. Supp. 468, 240 F. Supp. 724.

Whether reapportionment can be as infrequent as every ten years if registered voters used as basis raised but not decided. 384 U.S. 73, 96, upon review of 238 F. Supp. 468, 240 F. Supp. 724.

Method of equal proportions is constitutionally permissible; so is use of registered voters as basis of apportionment. 316 F. Supp. 1285. Last clause providing for minimum representation is invalid. 316 F. Supp. 1285.

Provisions for minimum representation and fractional voting are invalid. 316 F. Supp. 1285.

Direction for first reapportionment held applicable to initial state elections held pursuant to sections 6 and 7(a) of Hawaii Admission Act, 73 Stat 4. 43 H. 261.

Departure from strict adherence to allocation under method of equal proportions permitted to balance off inequities. 55 H. 85, 515 P.2d 1253.

Determination that first senatorial district shall consist of the whole island of Hawaii does not violate criterion that "insofar as practicable, districts shall be compact". 55 H. 89, 515 P.2d 1249.