HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 1988-23 Suggested by: City Clerk
CITY OF K~NAI
R~OI~TION NO.
~ICIPg ~~T8 IN TI STATE OF ~g ~ ICO~IGE
PARTICIPATION.
~, non~a~ttcl~atton t. electoral politics has Increased
~, m~lc~al gover~ents are In a key leade=sh~p
~he~ respective co~n~es, and
leadership, and
~S, local voter r~istration, and educational initiatives have
often produced d~tic increases in vote~ p~ticipation.
NOW ~FO~ BE ~T ~SOL~D BY ~ CO~CIL OF ~ CI~ OF ~NAI,
~, that it encourages its sister Alaska co~nities to support and
endorse, ~tth~n their l~al c~untties, a~l proven meth~s to register
voter~, ,n~ure ~uch re~,~tered voters vote and to e~cate
~ut elections and the elect~on process. Such methods might ~nclude~
1. Endorsing a National Vote~ Reg~strat~onWeek on Septe~r
26-30, 1988 which is prior to the cutoff for vo~er
registration to partic~pate In the 1988 President,al
elect~ons~
2. Encouraging local print and electronic med~a to provide
comprehensive re9lstration, turnout and educational
lnfo~t~on;
Encouraging citizens to t~e advantage of all state
registration turnout and educational progr~s;
4.Supporting legislation to~e vote= registration
opportun~tie, avatl~le at gover~ent offices heavily used by
5.Supporting co~n~t~-based voter educational progr~
schools ~d othe~ org~izat~ons~
6. Cooperating with all c~n~ty o~ganizatione In sponsor~n9
voter registration, tu~t, and educational
Working _closely with local voter registration and election ,,
officials on programs such as those enumerated above.
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BE I? ~J~,~IIER REBOLVED.that copies of this =esolution be sent to other
municipalities in the State of Alaska
PASSED BY T~E COUNCIL OF THE CItY OF KENAI, ALASKA this 6th day o£
April, 1988.
ATTEST=
~helan, City Clerk -
DATED=
3/30/88
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