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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 81
Author: Yee (D)
Amended: 8/6/12
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 38-0, 5/7/12
AYES: Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon,
Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Dutton,
Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Harman,
Hernandez, Huff, Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu,
Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Rubio,
Simitian, Steinberg, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright,
Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Strickland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 79-0, 8/16/12 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Voter Registration Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims September 25, 2012, as
Voter Registration Day, and encourages all eligible
Californians to register to vote by that date.
Assembly Amendments made clarifying changes.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
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1.The purpose of Voter Registration Day is to encourage
participation in democracy and register eligible voters.
2.Roughly 30 percent of eligible voters in California do
not register to vote.
3.Many eligible voters either miss the registration
deadline or not know how to register to vote.
4.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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 79-0, 8/16/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell,
Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger
Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,
Knight, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza,
Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen,
Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino,
Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Lara
DLW:n 8/17/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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