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1990-055City of Southlake, Texas RESOLUTION NO.90-55 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS. WHEREAS, it is the fundamental responsibility of every Texan to participate in the electoral process by exercising his or her constitutional rights; and, WHEREAS, a democracy's most precious gift to its citizens is the right of participation, the right to vote; and, WHEREAS, the Texas Secretary of State's offices is actively promoting voter registration and participation through the VOTE 190 campaign; and, WHEREAS, the VOTE 190 program is promoting voter registration for the November 6, 1990 general election; and, WHEREAS, October 7, 1990, marks the deadline for Texans to register and vote in the November 6, 1990 primary elections; now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, THAT: the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas, hereby urges Texans, who have not already done so, to register between now and October 7, 1990, and vote in the November 6, 1990 general election. PASSED AND APPROVED this the Vf hi,44 - -•.,, ultuw••- G) Sandra L. LeGrand City Secretary day of d Akz- CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS 1 . r / BY: / <;i` / — X- i9ary Fickks, Mayor 9110 City of Southlake, Texas M E M O R A N D U M August 1, 1990 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR FICKES AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: Sandra L. LeGrand, City Secretary SUBJECT: VOTE 190, A campaign To Encourage Texans to Vote Mayor Fickes received a letter from Secretary of State, George S. Bayoud, Jr., as Texas' Chief Elections Officer, encouraging all Texans to participate in the electoral process by voting. His office has launched VOTE 190, a non-partisan, statewide voter registration/education campaign. He states, during the first phase of VOTE 190, registration and turnout in the primary elections reached record highs. But, despite the success, there remains nearly 4 million eligible Texans who are not registered to vote. The Secretary of State asked that all cities participate in some way, by encouraging Texans to register to vote. LL/sl />