“Jocelyn Benson has always been committed to addressing voting rights issues and protecting democracy”

Benson discusses voting rights, secretary of state campaign in Holland

From her beginnings at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Jocelyn Benson has always been committed to addressing voting rights issues and protecting democracy. . . . “I was instilled with this deep commitment to address voting rights and democracy work in our country,” Benson said. “There has been so much work done to protect the vote and there is still so much work to be done.” . . . Banning driver fee increases, ensuring secure elections, protecting the right to vote for all citizens and increasing ethics and transparency in the state are the four other pillars of Benson’s campaign. . . . In 2012, her husband was deployed in Afghanistan and his ballot was returned undeliverable. Benson said if she lived in a different state with different voting laws there were steps she could have taken to ensure his ballot counted. “No one in Michigan, a veteran, service member or family member, should ever feel like their vote doesn’t count,” Benson said. . . . “We have a lot of ways we can modernize the election process here in Michigan and also increase the security,” Benson said. “The 2016 election showed us there are very real threats to the security of our elections we need to stay on top.” (Holland Sentinel)