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Join COS and Cord Byrd, Florida Secretary of State

Published in Uncategorized on May 05, 2023 by Cynthia Kisby

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Please RSVP by email to: Barbara Zimmerman
barbara.zimmerman@cosaction.com 
and provide your name, email address, and cell phone number.

Convention of States Action 
Presents
Florida Secretary of State, Cord Byrd

Friday, June 9th
2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Ramada by Wyndham Jacksonville Hotel & Conference Rooms, 
3130 Hartley Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32257

Please join us at this exciting upcoming event. We will learn directly from Secretary Byrd and other guests about key decisions and the resulting processes towards achieving policy wins and better outcomes for our great state and all Floridians.

The honorable Secretary of State Byrd will discuss:

  • his mandate and purview
  • key wins in the 2023 legislative session
  • how Florida has managed federal overreach related to:
    • the First and Second Amendments
    • education
    • illegal immigration
    • healthcare
    • private industry encroachment
    • onerous regulations and more. 

Senator Yarborough and Representative Black will also speak on "The Anatomy of Passing a Bill." They will discuss the collaborative process working within separate chambers towards passing a key bill.

Guidelines 
This an educational event. Under national guidelines, COS does not advocate for any political party, politician, or policy. 

We will not be providing food or drink. Water bottles will be allowed.

Register
This event is open to any Florida-located COSA volunteer or supporter on a first come basis until we reach room capacity of 250. You are limited to bringing two guests and must provide their name, email address, and cell phone number.

COS must provide the full attendee list to Secretary Byrd’s office no later than June 6th. For security reasons, nobody can gain event entrance without name, email address, and cell phone number on that list. All attendees must bring photo id to match to the name on the list.

Please RSVP by email to: Barbara Zimmerman
barbara.zimmerman@cosaction.com 
and provide your name, email address, and cell phone number.

If you have a question for Secretary Byrd, please add that within your email. We’ll do the best we can to see that your questions are addressed.

We wish to thank the wonderful and highly capable group involved in our gaining event approval: our national COS Grassroots coordinators and Legal team, Brenda Karlin, our Passed States Co-Chair along with Jonathan Viaud, and our Florida State Director, Denah Butts.

We look forward to seeing you at this highly anticipated event. 

IN LIBERTY!
Barbara R. Zimmerman
District Captain
Jacksonville, Florida
Convention of States Action
barbara.zimmerman@cosaction.com
Mobile: 646-645-1218

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