On Sunday, August 18 at 3:00 PM the Orange County Democratic Committee will host the annual Vi and Ned Coffin Memorial Forum, "Picnic & Politics", at the Strafford Meeting House. The featured speaker will be Vermont's Secretary of State Jim Condos on "Defending our Democracy - Protecting the Integrity of our Elections" and the event will be moderated by Don Hooper, former VT House Member and Secretary of State.
Come picnic (BYO picnic) beforehand on the Strafford Town Common from 1:00-3:00 PM at Strafford Townhouse, 12 Hatch Road, Strafford, VT 05072.
The event is sponsored by the Strafford Democratic Committee and the Orange County Democratic Committee.
ABOUT JIM CONDOS
Jim Condos has 30+ years of public service: on the South Burlington City Council 1989-2007 (Chair 1999-2007); as a member of the Vermont Senate: 2001 - 2008. In the Senate he served as Chair of Senate Education (2003-04), Chair of Senate Government Operations (2005-06), and Chair of the Joint Legislative IT Committee (2007-08). He has served as Vermont's 38th Secretary of State since January of 2011. At the national level, Jim has served as the President of the National Association of Secretaries of States, on the US Department of Homeland Security Governing Coordinating Council for Elections Cybersecurity and on the Executive Committee for the Council of State Governments.