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