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1996 SESSION
961174312Patrons-- Jones, J.C., Crittenden, Heilig, Melvin, Moss, Robinson and Spruill; Senators: Lambert, Lucas, Maxwell and Miller, Y.B.
WHEREAS, 1996 marks the 30th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that eliminated the poll tax; and
WHEREAS, a Norfolk political activist and public servant, the late Evelyn T. Butts, was the moving force behind this historic decision; and
WHEREAS, Evelyn Butts challenged the poll tax in the early 1960s, and, with the help of attorney Joseph A. Jordan, Jr., and U.S. Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall, prevailed in the U.S. Supreme Court; and
WHEREAS, not content to rest on her laurels, Evelyn Butts immediately led a voter registration drive that added thousands of registered voters to the rolls in the Norfolk area; and
WHEREAS, on this 30th anniversary of the end of the poll tax, it is appropriate and fitting that the manifold contributions of Evelyn T. Butts be remembered and commemorated; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General
Assembly designate March [ 10 24 ] , 1996, as Voter Education and
Participation Day in Virginia, in honor of the memory of Evelyn T. Butts; and,
be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the General Assembly urge the citizens of Virginia to register, to vote, and to be active participants in our democratic political system.