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.
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