HONOLULU -- A group on Thursday released results of a survey that it said shows a majority of Hawaii residents are against the Akaka Bill.

The survey comes just before the U.S. Senate is poised to finally take action on the bill next week.

The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii said 68 percent of people who answered the automated telephone survey said they were opposed to the bill, which is designed to give Native Hawaiians federal recognition.

A majority of the respondents wanted Hawaii voters to decide on the bill before the federal government takes action, the group said.

"Should we require a vote of Hawaii's citizens before Congress takes action? And what we had was actually 69.85 percent, I think. So, we rounded it to 70, that yes, we want to have a plebiscite," said Richard Rowland of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs said the institute survey isn't scientific and its own two polls show support for the Akaka Bill.