HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1997.02.13 - 25016REPORT (Misc. 197005) February 13, 1997
BY: General Government Committee, Kay Schmid, Chairperson
IN RE: MR# 97005 - (SUPPORT) Legislation to Provide all Local Units with the
Necessary Equipment Required for Interfacing with the Secretary of State's Qualified
Voter File
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the above-referenced
resolution on February 3, 1997, reports with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
January 9, 1997
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION: 197005
BY: COMMISSIONERS GILDA Z. JACOBS AND RUTH JOHNSON
RE: (SUPPORT) LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE ALL LOCAL UNITS WITH THE
NECESSARY EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR INTERFACING WITH THE
SECRETARY OF STATE'S QUALIFIED VOTER FILE
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS:
MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES & GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, in 1994, the Michigan Legislature adopted House Bill 5531, which became
PA 441, of 1994, which amended Michigan Election Law to achieve compliance with the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993, and
WHEREAS, included in the provisions of that Act was the direction for the Secretary of
State to direct and supervise the establishment and maintenance of a statewide qualified voter
file, and
WHEREAS, in establishing the qualified voter file program, the Secretary of State has
determined that certain equipment and software should be used to implement and maintain this
program and has developed a rationale for assisting in providing the necessary equipment to
certain local units which must interface with the State's qualified voter file, and
WHEREAS, the State has determined that it will provide this necessary computer
equipment to only certain size communities, and smaller communities with more limited budgets
and fewer personnel are excluded from the State's financial assistance, and
WHEREAS, fairness and equity between all local units required to participate in the
State's qualified voter file demands that all communities be afforded the same state assistance.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby urge Oakland County's legislators to introduce and support
legislation which will address the unfair and inequitable portions of the State's
qualified voter file program which does not provide an equitable and balanced distribution of
state assistance for this state mandated program to the smaller communities of our State.
Chairman, we move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
Resolution #97005 February 13, 1997
Moved by Dingeldey supported by Jacobs the General Government Committee
Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the report was accepted.
Moved by Dingeldey supported by Jacobs the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Jensen, Johnson, Kaczmar,
Kingzett, Law, McPherson, Millard, Obrecht, Pernick, Powers, Taub, Wolf, Amos,
Coleman, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas. (21)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
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 February 13, 1997 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 13th day of Febrvry 1997.
LYnn D. Allen, County Clerk