BILL NUMBER: SCR 81	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  90
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 24, 2012
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 16, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 6, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        APRIL 9, 2012

   Relative to Voter Registration Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 81, Yee. Voter Registration Day.
   This measure would proclaim September 25, 2012, as Voter
Registration Day, and would encourage all eligible Californians to
register to vote by that date.



   WHEREAS, Political sovereignty was vested in the people to ensure
a process of remedy and redress of grievances against government
through a democratic process of electing representatives to voice the
people's concerns; and
   WHEREAS, Individuals ought to take advantage of their right to
vote, the most important of rights and obligations, and dutifully
participate in the electoral system in order to guarantee that
democracy works for the people's interests; and
   WHEREAS, Neither ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, or
disability, nor a test of land, literacy, or fluency, shall prevent
an eligible citizen from registering to vote, nor bar him or her from
the right to vote; and
   WHEREAS, Every movement toward universal suffrage, from the
inclusion of African Americans to the inclusion of women, strengthens
the social fabric; and
   WHEREAS, Party affiliation, or lack thereof, should not hinder the
state from registering voters; and
   WHEREAS, The purpose of Voter Registration Day is to encourage
participation in democracy and register eligible voters; and
   WHEREAS, Roughly 30 percent of eligible voters in California do
not register to vote; and
   WHEREAS, Many eligible voters either miss the registration
deadline or do not know how to register to vote; and
   WHEREAS, An eligible Californian has multiple avenues to register
to vote, including registering at a local public assistance or
disability service agency or at the Department of Motor Vehicles,
completing and mailing a voter registration card available at all
United States post offices, or, soon, registering online at the
Secretary of State's voter registration Internet Web site; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims September
25, 2012, as Voter Registration Day; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature encourages all eligible
Californians to register to vote by September 25, 2012; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.