PRINTER'S NO. 4045
No. 445 Session of 1996
INTRODUCED BY FARGO, SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
2 conduct a study of the fiscal impact of the Pennsylvania
3 Voter Registration Act.
4 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act was enacted
5 to comply with the National Voter Registration Act; and
6 WHEREAS, Under the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act,
7 counties must conduct annual confirmation mailings by first
8 class mail to all registered electors in the county; and
9 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act prohibits
10 the removal of voters from election lists for nonvoting alone;
11 and
12 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act has
13 increased the number of registered voters in each county by
14 making registrations available with driver's license
15 applications and through various government agencies; therefore
16 be it
17 RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
18 conduct a study of the fiscal impact the Pennsylvania Voter
1 Registration Act has had on the 67 counties of this Commonwealth
2 and report its findings to the General Assembly by April 1,
3 1997; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That the study include, but not be limited to, the
5 costs of annual confirmation mailings and the costs of
6 additional personnel and equipment necessary to comply with the
7 Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act.
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