The second question is as follows:
“Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to change existing law so that: a disaster emergency declaration will expire automatically after 21 days, regardless of the severity of the emergency, unless the General Assembly takes action to extend the disaster emergency; the Governor may not declare a new disaster emergency to respond to the dangers facing the Commonwealth unless the General Assembly passes a concurrent resolution; the General Assembly enacts new laws for disaster management?”
Vote NO.
If passed, this measure would limit the total length of an emergency disaster declaration to 21 days, and said declaration could only be extended through passage of a concurrent resolution by partisan politicians in the Pennsylvania state legislature.
Disasters have no time limit and should be handled with the utmost care, not used as fodder for a partisan fight or reduced to a battleground for unnecessary legislation. If passed, this amendment would hand the partisan legislature a crucial and deciding role in response efforts to disasters in our communities.
Disaster response in the United States has been some of the best in the developed world because experts are able to move swiftly to save lives without career politicians jockeying for power and sound-bites. This amendment would create unnecessary bureaucracy and give politicians, not experts, the authority to disrupt emergency response for partisan reasons or incompetence.
This ballot measure is NOT progressive, vote ‘NO’.
The second question is as follows:
“Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to change existing law so that: a disaster emergency declaration will expire automatically after 21 days, regardless of the severity of the emergency, unless the General Assembly takes action to extend the disaster emergency; the Governor may not declare a new disaster emergency to respond to the dangers facing the Commonwealth unless the General Assembly passes a concurrent resolution; the General Assembly enacts new laws for disaster management?”
Vote NO.
If passed, this measure would limit the total length of an emergency disaster declaration to 21 days, and said declaration could only be extended through passage of a concurrent resolution by partisan politicians in the Pennsylvania state legislature.
Disasters have no time limit and should be handled with the utmost care, not used as fodder for a partisan fight or reduced to a battleground for unnecessary legislation. If passed, this amendment would hand the partisan legislature a crucial and deciding role in response efforts to disasters in our communities.
Disaster response in the United States has been some of the best in the developed world because experts are able to move swiftly to save lives without career politicians jockeying for power and sound-bites. This amendment would create unnecessary bureaucracy and give politicians, not experts, the authority to disrupt emergency response for partisan reasons or incompetence.
This ballot measure is NOT progressive, vote ‘NO’.