Resolution
Supporting Voter Registration Campaign at SFSU
RF02-000
Whereas Among
the many forms of government with which human beings have experimented,
democracy remains the best of the alternatives, and
Whereas The heart and strength of
an open society result from
the
widespread participation in civic matters of those eligible to participate, and
Whereas The
most fundamental form of that participation is voting in national, state, and
local elections, and
Whereas The
California Faculty Association will be conducting its 5th non-partisan voter registration campaign at SFSU from
Whereas President
Robert A. Corrigan has consistently encouraged faculty to participate in this
non-partisan civic activity, and
Whereas The
federal reauthorization of The Higher Education Act of 1998 requires all
post-secondary institutions to make good-faith efforts to participate in
voter-registration, and
Whereas By
participating in voter registration, faculty can model the commitment to the
society beyond the University that we encourage in community service learning
courses, and
Whereas Many
thousands of SFSU students, faculty, and staff have registered or re-registered
during such campaigns in prior years, therefore be it
Resolved That
the SFSU Academic Senate strongly endorse the
non-partisan
voter registration campaign of fall 2000, and be it further
Resolved That
the SFSU Academic Senate publicize the dates, times, and places of the voter
registration campaign, and urge all faculty to do the same in their classes,
and be it further
Resolved That
the SFSU Academic Senate invite all faculty members to participate in staffing
voter-registration tables during the voter registration campaign.
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