10-25-2015, 07:13 AM
Dakine:
"How are they excluded? Do you have first hand knowledge to back that statement up or is it just hyperbole? I assume that if one is a Hawaiian and does not believe in any flavor of sovereignty they still have the right to run as a candidate (emphasis added) and if they win a seat to be included in the convention process. And, if they present their position and gather enough of a consensus to support it, they will rule the day."
How would it be possible for a 'non-sovereignty' person to run as a candidate, if "registrants must affirm the unrelinquished sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian people..." in order to participate at all?
"How are they excluded? Do you have first hand knowledge to back that statement up or is it just hyperbole? I assume that if one is a Hawaiian and does not believe in any flavor of sovereignty they still have the right to run as a candidate (emphasis added) and if they win a seat to be included in the convention process. And, if they present their position and gather enough of a consensus to support it, they will rule the day."
How would it be possible for a 'non-sovereignty' person to run as a candidate, if "registrants must affirm the unrelinquished sovereignty of the Native Hawaiian people..." in order to participate at all?