Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 3, 1 Malaki 1996 — Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

COVEREIGNTY ▼ ▼▼▼▼ ELECTIONS COUNCIL ▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼ mn the NATIVE HAWAIIAN VOTE ▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼ The Hawaiian Sovereignty Elections Council has been overseeing wwwww ▼ffff a fa'r>°Pen and democratic process to allow all Hawaiians to have a ▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼ say on the issue of sovereignty.

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▼ ▼▼▼▼ For the purposes of the Native Hawaiian Vote, a Hawaiian is "any descendant of ▼ ▼▼▼▼ indigenous people inhabiting the Hawaiian islands whieh exercised sovereignty ▼▼▼▼▼ and subsisted in the Hawaiian islands prior to 1778." ▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼ To participate in the ▼▼ Native Hawaiian Vote (/ i/foof(vf(vf</ !▼▼▼▼ and to answer this very ▼▼▼▼t important question and nmwi&' "rujriYYTT ▼▼▼▼▼ make your vote cqunt, ▼ ▼▼▼T REGISTER NOW . wW5w REGISTRATION ▼ ▼|t| July15, 1996 vvv?v?vv?vvvfvv^^^ ▼±▼11 <2 ▼ ▼▼▼▼ **Registration is open to (808j 587-2834 Hawaiians of any blood (808) 586-01 69 FAX ▼▼▼▼▼ ♦ 1-800-958-6837 -v ▼ ▼ v w quantum.