HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1994.10.27 - 24281MISC. RESOLUTION #94310 October 27, 1994
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, DONALD W. JENSEN, CHAIRPERSON
RE: (SUPPORT) NB 5531, MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (Motor/Voter)
AMENDMENT TO ENCOMPASS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT
PROVISIONS
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
CHAIRPERSON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, the National Voter Registration Act (often
referred to as Motor/Voter) requires all states to comply with the
provisions of this act for all elections for federal office, and if
current state election law is not changed to meet the federal
requirements, election clerks throughout Michigan will be required
to maintain dual registration systems, one for federal and one for
state and local elections, and
WHEREAS, HB 5531 would recodify Chapter 23 of the
Michigan Election Law, and would incorporate provisions of the
federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, thus
eliminating the requirement for the maintenance of separate voter
registration lists, and separate ballots for national and
state/local elections, and
WHEREAS, the Oakland County Clerk/Register supports the
passage of this legislation, and
WHEREAS, the type of legislation embodied in the NVRA
represents another unfunded mandate, which this Board and local
governments throughout the Country have gone on record as opposing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County
Board of Commissioners, though strongly believing that federal
mandates should be funded by Federal resources, does hereby support
HB 5531 so that additional costs are not incurred in duplicative
record-keeping, and directs that copies of this resolution be sent
to all Oakland County's State Legislators, its legislative liaison
staff, the Michigan Association of Clerks, and to the Michigan
Association of Counties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
forwarded to Oakland County's Federal legislators to emphasize our
continuing opposition to such unfunded Federal mandates.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government
Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENE' ,L GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
A
Resolution #94310 October 27, 1994
Moved by Jensen supported by Palmer the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Gosling, Huntoon, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar, Kingzett, Kramer, Law,
McCulloch, McPherson, Moffitt, Newby, Oaks, Obrecht, Palmer, Pernick, Powers,
Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Crake, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
CCtWiY EXECUTIVE WILL NEITHER APPROVE NOR VETO
STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the
Oakland County Board of Commissioners on October 27, 1994 with the original
record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 27th day clijilobtobgr 1994.
County Clerk Lynly(D. Allen,