Resolution Supporting Voter Registration Campaign at SFSU

#RF02-198

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 5^th non-partisan voter registration campaign at SFSU from October 7-21, 2002, and

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 2002, 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

Information:

OCTOBER 7-21, 2002

11:00am - 2:00 pm

Locations: SFSU LIBRARY & COLLEGE of HUMANITIES

***Unanimously Approved by the Academic Senate on September 24^th 2002***