PRINTER'S NO. 1183
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
197
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing September 26, 2017, as "National Voter Registration
Day" in Pennsylvania and encouraging Pennsylvanians to
register and vote.
WHEREAS, In 2008, 6 million Americans did not vote because
they missed a registration deadline or did not know how to
register; and
WHEREAS, A Pennsylvania resident who is a citizen of the
United States for at least one month before the next primary,
special, municipal or general election, who is a resident of the
election district where the Pennsylvanian wants to register and
vote for at least 30 days before the next primary, special,
municipal or general election and is at least 18 years of age on
the day of the next primary, special, municipal or general
election may register and vote in Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, A Pennsylvanian may register to vote in person at a
county voter registration office, by mail application, at a
PennDOT office while acquiring a driver's license and other
State government offices, including State offices that provide
public assistance and services to persons with disabilities,
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armed forces recruiting offices, clerk of the orphans' court
offices, including each marriage license bureau, area agencies
on aging, centers for independent living, county mental health
and intellectual disability offices, student disability services
offices of the State System of Higher Education, offices of
special education and ADA complementary paratransit offices, or
online through the Department of State's publicly accessible
Internet website; and
WHEREAS, The General Assembly and the Department of State
have made efforts to simplify the process of voter registration
through the former act of June 30, 1995 (P.L.170, No.25), known
as the Pennsylvania Voter Registration Act, the act of January
31, 2002 (P.L.18, No.3), establishing the Statewide Uniform
Registry of Electors (SURE) system, and the administrative
implementation of online voter registration; and
WHEREAS, The deadline to register for the municipal election
on November 7, 2017, is October 10, 2017; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize September 26, 2017, as
"National Voter Registration Day" in Pennsylvania and encourage
Pennsylvanians to register and vote.
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