PRINTER'S NO. 3622
No. 477 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY STRITTMATTER, E. Z. TAYLOR, STERN, BOSCOLA,
HERSHEY, CALTAGIRONE, MAITLAND, MASLAND, DONATUCCI, ROSS,
C. WILLIAMS, GEORGE, PIPPY, DALEY, READSHAW, ARMSTRONG,
SHANER, CLYMER, SCHULER, M. N. WRIGHT, CORRIGAN, PETRONE,
McNAUGHTON, DEMPSEY, M. COHEN, STABACK, PISTELLA, SATHER,
WOJNAROSKI, BELARDI, CAPPABIANCA, DiGIROLAMO, ZUG, THOMAS,
TIGUE, STEELMAN, CLARK, VAN HORNE, PHILLIPS, BARRAR, HESS,
ORIE, MAJOR, BENNINGHOFF, GEIST, FLICK, McILHINNEY, COY,
DeLUCA, SAYLOR, RUBLEY, MARSICO, FORCIER, MILLER, WALKO,
MANDERINO, FLEAGLE, BELFANTI, PESCI, FICHTER, MYERS,
B. SMITH, L. I. COHEN, SERAFINI, SCHRODER, LEDERER,
HENNESSEY, DERMODY, WILT, LESCOVITZ, ROONEY, COLAIZZO,
TRELLO, TRUE, LEH, SANTONI, HALUSKA, JAMES, SEYFERT,
ROBINSON, BAKER, ZIMMERMAN, HERMAN AND BEBKO-JONES,
JUNE 2, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 2, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of September 20 through 26, 1998, as "Voter
2 Awareness Week."
3 WHEREAS, The cornerstone of a democracy is an educated,
4 informed and participatory electorate; and
5 WHEREAS, Voting is an exercise of citizen power that makes
6 this country work; and
7 WHEREAS, Voter participation, based on a percentage of the
8 voting age population of the United States, was just under one-
9 half (49.08%) in the 1996 presidential election; and
10 WHEREAS, Voter participation in this Commonwealth has fallen
11 below 60% in every presidential election since 1972; and
1 WHEREAS, While voter participation has been historically low,
2 many organizations are working to rekindle interest in voting,
3 especially among young potential voters; and
4 WHEREAS, The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (Public
5 Law 103-31, 107 Stat. 77) brought about the most dramatic
6 expansion of voter registration in our Nation's history with 11
7 million citizens registering to vote in 1995; and
8 WHEREAS, Voter awareness campaigns and get-out-the-vote
9 efforts emphasize the importance of voting and registering to
10 vote; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
12 week of September 20 through 26, 1998, as "Voter Awareness
13 Week."
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