SM 40 — "STUDENT ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION DAY"

SENATEA MEMORIAL 40REQUESTING 53RDTHE LEGISLATUREGOVERNOR -TO STATEOFNEWMEXICO-DECLARE SECONDFEBRUARY SESSION19, , 2018 INTRODUCEDAS BY"STUDENT JacobONLINE R.VOTER REGISTRATION DAY" IN NEW MEXICO.

Candelaria5 WHEREAS, the secretary of state, who serves as the state's chief elections official, is committed to strengthening democracy by encouraging voter registration and Danielincreasing A.participation in all elections by all eligible New Mexicans;

Ivey-Sotoand 6WHEREAS, 8young 10people Aplay MEMORIALa REQUESTINGcritical THErole GOVERNORin TOfurthering DECLAREdemocracy FEBRUARYby 19,helping 2018to ASchoose "STUDENTcandidates ONLINEwho VOTERwill REGISTRATIONlead DAY"and INby NEWvoicing MEXICO.their opinions on issues that are important to them;

14and WHEREAS, theseventeen-year-olds secretarycan ofnow state,register whoto servesvote as thelong state'sas chiefthey electionswill official,be iseighteen committedyears toold strengthening democracy by encouragingthe votertime registrationof andthe increasingnext eelection; t 17 participation in all elections by all eligible New Mexicans;

w l n d 18 and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, younghigh peopleschools playare aencouraged criticalto roleoffer invoter furtheringregistration ito aeligible estudents r 20 democracy by helpingproviding toeither choosepaper candidatesregistration whoapplications willor lead and by a tlink mon mthe 21high voicingschool theirwebsite opinionsto onthe issuesstate's thatonline arevoter importantregistration; to them;

d r e 22 and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, seventeen-year-olds can now register to vote as e a n b 24 long as they will be eighteen years old by the time of the next u [ election;

and .209712.1 WHEREAS, high schools are encouraged to offer voter registration to eligible students by providing either paper registration applications or a link on the high school website to the state's online voter registration;

and WHEREAS, high school administrators are encouraged to SM 40 name one or more students as voter outreach coordinators to Page 1 encourage student voter registration;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE e e 17 OF NEW MEXICO that the governor be requested to declare e e n d 18 February 19, 2018 "Student Online Voter Registration Day" in = = l ] 19 New Mexico;

and a l r i 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be t e a t transmitted to the governor, the secretary of public education m m 21 e d r e 22 and the secretary of state.

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