BILL NUMBER: SCR 66	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        AUGUST 13, 2013

   Relative to Online Voter Registration Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 66, Yee. Online Voter Registration Day.
   This measure would declare September 19, 2013, to be Online Voter
Registration Day, and would state the Legislature's intent to
encourage all eligible voters in the state to register to vote prior
to the October 21, 2013, deadline for local elections to be held on
November 5, 2013.



   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 can now easily participate in our democracy
by registering to vote online or through a range of traditional means
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, An eligible citizen shall not be prevented from
registering to vote or barred from the right to vote by his or her
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability, nor a test
of land, literacy, or fluency; 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 Online Voter Registration Day is to
encourage participation in democracy and register eligible voters in
the state; and
   WHEREAS, Approximately 24 percent of eligible voters in the state
are not registered 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 voter in the state 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 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 September 19, 2013, be proclaimed as Online
Voter Registration Day; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature hereby encourages all eligible
voters in the state to register to vote prior to the October 21,
2013, deadline for local elections to be held on November 5, 2013;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.