Press Releases
Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - Arts & Events
Millennials Welcome Sam Reed, Miss Washington for Presidential Primary Straw Poll, Town Hall
CONTACT:
- Lori Brockman, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360/546-9601, lbrockman@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Sheri Byrd, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360/546-9602, byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Trova Heffernan, Office of Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed, 360/902-4140, mobile 360/791-7303, theffernan@secstate.wa.gov
UPDATE: Elyse Umemoto, Miss Washington 2007, will serve as mistress of ceremonies, and participate in the media availability time. Umemoto, 23, of Wapato, Wash., is a member of the Yakama Tribe, a senior at Pacific Lutheran University, and promotes political involvement, particularly on issues effecting women and ethnic diversity. She was second runner up in the recent Miss America 2008 Competition. For more information, see misswashington.org/miss_site/about.asp.
VANCOUVER, Wash. - As the most wide open presidential primary in fifty years makes its way to Washington, students at Washington State University Vancouver will welcome Secretary of State Sam Reed and political parties to Primary Voices, a mock election and town hall. The bi-partisan campus event is slated for Feb. 4, 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Administration Building, room 110.
WSU Vancouver students will cast their ballots in a presidential primary straw poll, learning about nominating and electing a president from the state elections chief and political parties. During the event local citizens who are not registered to vote can do so on site.
Secretary Reed is calling on all young people—traditionally the least represented age group in elections—to engage in the 2008 nomination process.
For the first time since 1952, the race for the White House is wide open without an incumbent president or vice president on the ballot. Because of its timing, Washington's Presidential Primary may be pivotal. The Feb. 19 primary takes place two weeks after Super Tuesday. If the Feb. 5 Super Primary narrows the field to the top contenders, Washington voters may be critical in selecting the final candidates.
[Note: Media availability for Secretary Reed, Washington State Republican Party Chair Luke Esser, Clark County Democratic party representative Dan Ogden, as well as WSU Vancouver public affairs students and faculty members will be 2:45 - 3:30 p.m., in the Administration Building, room 129. Media parking passes available on request from byrds@vancouver.wsu.edu . See http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/map for directions.]
Details are available online at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/primary and http://www.secstate.wa.gov. Parking is available in metered spaces, or in the Blue Lot for $3 per day.
WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. We offer 16 bachelor's degrees, nine master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 35 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu.
Photo: Miss Washington 2007, Elyse Umemoto. Photo by Team Photogenic. Click thumbnail for high resolution image.
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