Secretary Of State Seeks College Students For Advisory Body

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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is seeking some college students to serve on her office’s new Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force. The force is intended to make recommendations for improving voter engagement among college students. Benson tells WSJM News they want input before the 2020 elections.

“We’re creating this non-partisan task force to bring all of the diverse perspectives of college students at two or four year higher education institutions throughout the state to the table to advise us on how we implement the Promote the Vote  constitutional amendment,” Benson said.”

Benson says as she traveled across Michigan during her campaign, she heard from many young people who have good ideas.

“They all have unique needs and challenges and ideas of how we can make voting easier and more accessible and more relevant for them at this very unique and critical moment in their growth as a citizen in our democracy.”

The 20 to 25 member Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force will meet in Lansing in September, and then two more times elsewhere in the state. Benson says they’ll be reimbursed for travel expenses. The task force will submit its recommendations to the Secretary of State in November. Any Michigan student attending a two or four year higher education institution is encouraged to apply. You can do so right here.