PRINTER'S NO. 3465
No. 2567 Session of 1982
INTRODUCED BY GANNON, SIEMINSKI, GRUPPO, NOYE, EVANS AND SNYDER,
JUNE 8, 1982
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 8, 1982
AN ACT
1 Providing for a nonbinding referendum relating to a reduction in
2 nuclear arms.
3 The General Assembly Finds:
4 (1) That a mutual United States/Soviet Union reduction
5 of nuclear forces has been advanced by prominent political,
6 scientific and religious leaders as an effective method of
7 ending the nuclear arms race.
8 (2) That there is an urgent need to create a broader
9 public awareness of this issue and to provide a means whereby
10 the concerns of Pennsylvania citizens may be communicated to
11 world leaders.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. At the municipal or general election next
15 following the effective date of this act, a nonbinding
16 referendum shall be placed upon the ballot for consideration by
17 the electors. The ballot question shall be:
1 Shall the United States propose to the Soviet
2 Union that both governments agree to an immediate,
3 equal and mutually verifiable reduction in nuclear arms?
4 Section 2. This referendum shall be held in accordance with
5 the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the
6 "Pennsylvania Election Code," and the results thereof shall be
7 certified to the President and Congress and disseminated to the
8 press and the general public by the Department of State as soon
9 as possible.
10 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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