Senate Bill sb1882

    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                      SR 1882

    By Senator Dawson





    30-1478-01                                              See HR

  1                    Senate Resolution No ____

  2         A resolution honoring Kids Voting Broward, Inc.

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  4         WHEREAS, voter apathy is rampant in the United States

  5  where, on average, fifty percent of eligible citizens do not

  6  vote in presidential elections, and less than fifty percent of

  7  adults 18 to 24 years of age are even registered to vote, and

  8         WHEREAS, Kids Voting Broward, Inc., is a nonprofit,

  9  nonpartisan organization with the goals of increasing adult

10  voter turnout, generating better-informed voters, and

11  instilling a lifelong habit of voting among tomorrow's voters,

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13         WHEREAS, the Kids Voting curriculum helps students

14  discover the power and value of voting through prescribed

15  activities that aid in the development of skills and concepts

16  crucial to living in a democratic society, and

17         WHEREAS, in national studies, Kids Voting has been

18  proven to be a successful program, with ninety-nine percent of

19  teachers responding that their students know more about

20  elections, eighty-one percent of educators noting an increase

21  in parental involvement, and a measurable increase in voter

22  turnout of five percent in communities in which the Kids

23  Voting program has been implemented, and

24         WHEREAS, Election Day 2000 was a great success for Kids

25  Voting Broward, Inc., as 91,000 local students in kindergarten

26  through high school gained hands-on voting experience and a

27  record-breaking sixty percent of adults surveyed responded

28  that they were motivated to go to the polls and vote by their

29  children's desire to participate in the program, NOW,

30  THEREFORE,

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    Florida Senate - 2001        (NP)                      SR 1882
    30-1478-01                                              See HR




  1  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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  3         That the Senate pauses in its deliberations to commend

  4  Kids Voting Broward, Inc., for the invaluable service it

  5  provides to its community in promoting civic-mindedness in

  6  Florida's youth while increasing participation in our

  7  electoral process.

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