Jocelyn+Michelle+Benson

=**//Jocelyn Benson //**=

===Benson lives with her husband, Ryan Friedrichs. She loves running long distances with her first marathon being in Detroit in 2005. In college she got her B.A. at Wellesley College. When she started working for a firm called Southern Poverty Law Center. Going to Oxford, she got her Master of Philosophy and earned her law degree at Harvard Law. Her parents were school teachers that taught her to put the people first in government. Now she is a professor and Wayne State. She also has a book about the Sectary of State. Aside from her career some accomplishments she has made are being the Voting Rights Policy Coordinator (2002-2004), led campaign for the “ block the closing of a Secretary of State branch office”, 2008 she led campaign for banning foreclosure lists. ===

**//Issues: //**

 * ===__Improving the Integrity of Elections: __===

===-Believes our government works best when as many people as possible believe that they have a stake in the governing process and take time to vote ===

- Will re- examine access from the perspective of groups that have historically faced barriers to voting
===- Believes Michigan law requires that all voters either present a valid photo identification ro sign an affidavit stating they are without such identification in order to vote ===


 * ===__Fighting Fraud and Deceptive Practices: __===

- Continue the Executive Committee to help:

 * 1) ===Fight fraudulent commercial practices ===
 * 2) ===Create a program that educates and protects consumers from fraudulent commercial practices ===

===- Create an option for people to make an appointment at a Secretary of State branch office ahead of time to skip waiting in line === ===- Creating "one stop service centers" by partnering with other state agencies and local governments to consolidate services and offices === ===- Partner with private Michigan owned businesses to offer branch office services in places like grocery stores and such so that people can renew their license while shopping === ===- Partner with Michigan Works and other state agencies to open Job Service Centers in every branch office to post local job openings, and information on how to start small businesses and non profit service organizations === ===- Work to enable more branch offices to accept credit cards from customers by renegotiating agreements with credit card companies === ===<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Work to develop solutions and partnerships with local businesses in order to provide access to services that were cut during recent branch office closings, ===
 * ===__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> Improving Access to Branch Office Services: __===

===<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Seek to develop the implementation of multi-year licenses instead of requiring vehicle licensing being renewed on an annual basis === ===<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Instruct young drivers to completely stop from driving while distracted by cell phones and other devices that can impair the driver's skills by creating a forceful and clear curriculum === ===<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">- Work to implement the correct calculation of all licensing and vehicle fees and make sure citizens understand how and why they are being charged certain fees for the vehicle they own ===
 * ===__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Promote Uniformity and Fairness in Drivers Safety and Licensing: __===


 * ===__<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Campaign Finance Reform __===