PRINTER'S NO. 3427
No. 284 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY BUXTON, LYNCH, STURLA, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ,
ROBERTS, RAYMOND, BAKER, ZUG, BATTISTO, FLICK, TIGUE, MILLER,
JOSEPHS, M. N. WRIGHT, STEIL, STABACK, KASUNIC, TRUE,
SERAFINI, GIGLIOTTI, MAITLAND, LAUGHLIN, STETLER, JAROLIN,
CESSAR, MIHALICH, TOMLINSON, BELARDI, LUCYK, BROWN, VEON,
THOMAS, SANTONI, GORDNER, FAIRCHILD, PLATTS, HESS, ROBINSON,
MELIO, KING, MUNDY, ARGALL, WAUGH, STAIRS, NYCE, RUBLEY,
VANCE, MANDERINO, HENNESSEY, KREBS, M. COHEN, E. Z. TAYLOR,
FAJT, COY, GEIST, DeWEESE, PESCI, ROONEY, LAUB, SAYLOR,
L. I. COHEN, B. SMITH, TRELLO, DeLUCA AND ADOLPH,
APRIL 5, 1994
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 5, 1994
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the weeks of April 4 through 11, 1994, as "Voter
2 Registration and Voter Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania for
3 the primary election and October 4 through 11, 1994, as
4 "Voter Registration and Voter Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania
5 for the general election.
6 WHEREAS, Voting is among the most important civic duties and
7 rights that our citizens have, a right that many people have
8 died in war to preserve; and
9 WHEREAS, April 11 is the deadline to register to vote for the
10 May 10, 1994, primary election and October 11 is the last day to
11 register for the November 8, 1994, general election; and
12 WHEREAS, A representative democracy works well on any level
13 only when the people it serves actively participate in choosing
14 those who will represent them in office; and
15 WHEREAS, The people who remain unregistered or who fail to
1 take the time to vote should be reminded of the need to register
2 and urged to cast a ballot in the May 10 primary election and
3 the November 8 general election; and
4 WHEREAS, Proclaiming "Voter Registration and Voter Awareness
5 Weeks" in Pennsylvania for the 1994 primary and general
6 elections would put special emphasis on registering to vote by
7 the April 11 and October 11 deadlines and on participating in
8 the May 10 primary election and November 8 general election and
9 further help focus various groups and media outlets to remind
10 people of the need to register and to vote; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
12 weeks of April 4 through 11, 1994, as "Voter Registration and
13 Voter Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania for the primary election
14 and October 4 through 11, 1994, as "Voter Registration and Voter
15 Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania for the general election; and be
16 it further
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Governor
18 and the Secretary of the Commonwealth to issue a special
19 proclamation on those weeks encouraging all residents of voting
20 age to register by the deadlines and cast ballots in the
21 elections.
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