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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Wednesday!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We’ve been contacted by the FSU Garnet and Gold Votes Commission asking for a Representative to serve on their board this upcoming school year. Their director provided the following description of the Commission’s work:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">“<span style="color:#212121">The primary objective of our commission is to engage with the student body and encourage them to participate in voting. To achieve this goal, all members of the Commission collaborate
to organize and support various events that bring the FSU student community together, enhance voter education and engagement, and increase voter turnout.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">The Commission will be meeting approximately twice a month in the Fall and may have a couple virtual meetings this summer. It seems like a great opportunity to encourage participation in our local, state, and
federal electoral processes. Currently, FSU has one of the best participation rates of the Florida universities when it comes to voting in U.S. Presidential elections and this Commission wants to help further that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">If you are interested in serving on the Commission, please email/text me to let me know! I’m hoping to give them a name in the next few weeks. I’ll also mention it at our first COGS meeting on the 20<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Enjoy your first week of summer!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jack Rowan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Speaker of the Congress of Graduate Students<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Representative, College of Law Seat 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Florida State University, 2026<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:COGSSpeaker@admin.fsu.edu">COGSSpeaker@admin.fsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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