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8130189(LEGAL.)heso2(Ck) r, <br />Id <br />RESOLUTION NO. 89- 85 <br />i A RESOLUTION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />FLORIDA, THROUGH ITS BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS, IN OPPOSITION TO H.R. <br />2190 AND S. 874 AND THEIR VOTER <br />• REGISTRATION MANDATES AND PREEMPTION <br />OF LOCAL AUTHORITY. <br />WHEREAS, H.R. 2190 and S. 874 have been introduced in <br />Congress; and <br />WHEREAS, this legislation would preempt state and local <br />government authority in the area of voter registration and <br />create a series of new a costly federal mandates including: <br />1. requiring a system to register to vote in <br />connection with driver's license renewal and application, <br />2. voter registration by mail, <br />3. establishment of a variety of county and <br />private -sector sites for the purpose of distributing and <br />processing voter registration applications, and <br />4. imposing federal standards for the conditions under <br />which individuals can be removed and purged from county <br />registration lists; and <br />WHEREA.', such voter registration mandates involve the <br />federal government in an area that has been traditionally <br />reserved for state and local governments; and <br />WHEREAS, these voter registration mandates would be <br />very costly for Individual Counties to implement; and <br />WHEREAS, these voter registration procedures could <br />increase the likelihood of voter fraud; and <br />WHEREAS, additional personnel, equipment, postage, <br />and computerization are costs which would have to be <br />absorbed by the county, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the <br />Board opposes M.R. 2190 and S. 874 on the basis of the above <br />voter registration mandates being an unjustified and costly <br />Intrusion Into the affairs of county government. <br />