{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-50.14","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 50.14","heading":"What information about the ratification referendum must be included in the request?","body":"The written narrative thoroughly describing the ratification referendum must include the following information:\n(a) A certification of the results of the ratification referendum including:\n(1) The date or dates of the ratification referendum;\n(2) The number of Native Hawaiians, regardless of whether they were HHCA Native Hawaiians, who cast a vote in favor of the governing document;\n(3) The total number of Native Hawaiians, regardless of whether they were HHCA Native Hawaiians, who cast a ballot in the ratification referendum;\n(4) The number of HHCA Native Hawaiians who cast a vote in favor of the governing document; and\n(5) The total number of HHCA Native Hawaiians who cast a ballot in the ratification referendum.\n(b) A description of how the Native Hawaiian community conducted the ratification referendum that demonstrates:\n(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;\n(2) How and when the Native Hawaiian community notified Native Hawaiians about how and when it would conduct the ratification referendum;\n(3) How the Native Hawaiian community accorded Native Hawaiians a reasonable opportunity to vote in the ratification referendum;\n(4) How the Native Hawaiian community prevented voters from casting more than one ballot in the ratification referendum; and\n(5) How the Native Hawaiian community ensured that the ratification referendum:\n(i) Was free and fair;\n(ii) Was held by secret ballot or equivalent voting procedures;\n(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;\n(iv) Did not include in the vote tallies votes cast by persons who were not Native Hawaiians; and\n(v) Did not include in the vote tallies for HHCA Native Hawaiians votes cast by persons who were not HHCA Native Hawaiians.\n(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.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior","PART 50—PROCEDURES FOR REESTABLISHING A FORMAL GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY","Subpart B—Criteria for Reestablishing a Formal Government-to-Government Relationship"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"bca26cec44e84cfc624d2e72e6bb1207b80117fb8a444018f1b56c609f79db07","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-50.13","next":"us/43-cfr-50.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}