PRINTER'S NO. 1996
No. 210 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY STRITTMATTER, E. Z. TAYLOR, JOSEPHS, SCHULER, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER, BASTIAN, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, COSTA, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FARGO, FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK, FORCIER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, GRUCELA, HARHAI, HARHART, HERMAN, HERSHEY, HESS, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MARSICO, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, S. MILLER, ORIE, PESCI, PETRONE, PIPPY, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SERAFINI, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, TANGRETTI, THOMAS, WILLIAMS, WILT, YOUNGBLOOD, ZIMMERMAN AND ZUG, JUNE 14, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 14, 1999
A RESOLUTION 1 Designating the week of September 26 through October 2, 1999, as 2 "Voter Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania. 3 WHEREAS, The cornerstone of a democracy is an educated, 4 informed and participatory electorate; and 5 WHEREAS, Voting is an exercise of citizen power that makes 6 this country work; and 7 WHEREAS, Voter participation, based on a percentage of the 8 voting age population of the United States, was just under one- 9 half (49.08%) in the 1996 presidential election; and 10 WHEREAS, Voter participation in this Commonwealth has fallen 11 below 60% in every presidential election since 1972; and 12 WHEREAS, While voter participation has been historically low,
1 many organizations are working to rekindle interest in voting, 2 especially among young potential voters; and 3 WHEREAS, The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Public 4 Law 103-31, 107 Stat. 77) brought about the most dramatic 5 expansion of voter registration in our Nation's history with 11 6 million citizens registering to vote in 1995; and 7 WHEREAS, Voter awareness campaigns and get-out-the-vote 8 efforts emphasize the importance of voting and registering to 9 vote; therefore be it 10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the 11 week of September 26 through October 2, 1999, as "Voter 12 Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania. E26L82DMS/19990H0210R1996 - 2 -