PRINTER'S NO. 24
No. 5 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, M. WHITE, CORMAN, COSTA, WAGNER, HELFRICK,
ARMSTRONG, WAUGH, BOSCOLA, TOMLINSON, KUKOVICH, DENT AND
THOMPSON, JANUARY 22, 2001
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 22, 2001
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Joint State Government Commission to establish a
2 task force to study the issue of alternative voting methods
3 in the Commonwealth and to make recommendations to the
4 General Assembly.
5 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth has a vital interest in maintaining
6 a high level of voter participation in elections; and
7 WHEREAS, Voter turnout has declined steadily in the past
8 decade; and
9 WHEREAS, Numerous states have conducted studies on
10 alternative voting methods, including voting via the Internet;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, There is a need for a comprehensive bicameral and
13 bipartisan inquiry into alternative voting methods; therefore be
14 it
15 RESOLVED (the House of Representatives concurring), That the
16 General Assembly direct the Joint State Government Commission to
17 establish a task force of four members of the Senate and four
18 members of the House of Representatives to undertake a study of
1 alternative methods of voting and to make recommendations; and
2 be it further
3 RESOLVED, That the President pro tempore of the Senate and
4 the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
5 Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of
6 Representatives each appoint two members to the task force; and
7 be it further
8 RESOLVED, That the task force is authorized to create an
9 advisory committee to assist the task force, composed of
10 individuals deemed appropriate by the task force; and be it
11 further
12 RESOLVED, That the task force present its findings and
13 recommendations to the General Assembly.
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