PRINTER'S NO. 1697
No. 138 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY EARLL, WHITE, KUKOVICH, GERLACH, TOMLINSON, BELL,
COSTA, WAGNER, WAUGH, SCHWARTZ, HART, THOMPSON, LEMMOND,
TARTAGLIONE AND BOSCOLA, MARCH 2, 2000
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 2, 2000
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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