Resolution Supporting Voter Registration Campaign

September 8^th to the 22^nd, 2003, at San Francisco State University

#RF03-215

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 A fundamental form of that participation is voting in

national, state, and local elections, and

WHEREAS The California Faculty Association and the Associated Students, Inc. will be conducting its 6^th non-partisan voter registration campaign at SFSU from September 8^th through 22^nd, 2003, and

WHEREAS President Robert A. Corrigan and Provost John Gemello have

consistently encouraged faculty to participate in this non-partisan

civic activity, 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 2003, 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 and be it further

RESOLVED That the SFSU Academic Senate urge teaching faculty to open

their classrooms to voter registration activities in our joint efforts to enable all eligible members of the SFSU community to exercise their right to vote.

***APPROVED by the Academic Senate at its meeting on September 9^th, 2003***