PRINTER'S NO. 2024
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
412
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, BAKER, BREWSTER, COSTA, DINNIMAN,
GREENLEAF, McGARRIGLE, MENSCH, TARTAGLIONE, TEPLITZ AND
WOZNIAK, JULY 11, 2016
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JULY 11, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of July 11 through 15, 2016, as "National
Disability Voter Registration Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, In July 2015, people with disabilities and their
supporters celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA); and
WHEREAS, There are over 50 million people of all ages living
with disabilities in communities throughout the United States;
and
WHEREAS, The disability community has a critical interest in
policies enacted at national, state and local levels that affect
the integration of people with disabilities, both young and old,
into our communities; and
WHEREAS, Getting the disability community involved in
influencing public policies is essential if these policies are
to meet the real needs of people with disabilities living in the
community; and
WHEREAS, Voting is one way for members of the disability
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community to exert their influence at national, state and local
elections; and
WHEREAS, There are multiple efforts to develop disability
coalitions around the issue of voting; and
WHEREAS, The REV UP America campaign, "Register, Educate,
Vote - Use your Power," is a national effort to encourage State
or local disability community voting coalitions; and
WHEREAS, Members of the national disability rights community
are organizing a "National Disability Voter Registration Week"
July 11 through 15, 2016; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the week of July 11
through 15, 2016, as "National Disability Voter Registration
Week" in Pennsylvania.
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