PRINTER'S NO. 3287
No. 275 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY DAWIDA, FREEMAN, PRESSMANN, TRELLO, VEON AND
FISCHER, APRIL 14, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 15, 1986
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1 Urging the states in the Mid-Atlantic Region to form a regional
2 commission to develop a regional presidential election.
3 WHEREAS, The Mid-Atlantic Region, consisting of the
4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New Jersey and the
5 State of New York, would gain strength in choosing presidential
6 nominees by adopting a regional primary; and
7 WHEREAS, A regional primary would allow both Democrats and
8 Republicans to coordinate the dates of their primaries and
9 caucuses for selecting presidential delegates to the
10 presidential convention; and
11 WHEREAS, A unified regional primary effort would allow the
12 states in the Mid-Atlantic Region to exercise a greater voice
13 and achieve a position of power in the presidential election;
14 therefore be it
15 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
16 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the states in the Mid-
17 Atlantic Region to form a regional commission to develop a
1 regional presidential election; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
3 Governor Dick Thornburgh of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
4 Governor Thomas H. Kean, President of the Senate John F. Russo,
5 and Speaker of the Assembly Chuck Hardwick of the State of New
6 Jersey; and Governor Mario Cuomo, President pro tempore Warren
7 M. Anderson, and Speaker of the Assembly Stanley Fink of the
8 State of New York.
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