Candidate to visit campus
The Observer staff report
The Democratic candidate for state clerk of Courts will stop at Notre Dame today during a college tour to persuade students to vote.
Jon Bond, a 27-year-old Patriot, Ind., native, is running against Republican candidate Brian Bishop and Libertarian candidate Lisa Tennies in the Nov. 5 general election.
Bond, who currently serves as the manager of operations for the Indiana Economic Development Council, wants to increase the number of young voters. The trip comes a week before the last day of voter registration, Oct. 7.
"We're touring colleges because the largest percentage of voters are 18-year-olds to 25-year-olds and they're not voting," said John Siebeking, Bond's campaign manager.
Along with Notre Dame, Bond will travel today to Indiana University at Kokomo and Purdue University in West Lafayette.
"We're trying to get the message out why it's important to vote," Siebeking said.
As a state clerk, Bond would tend to the paperwork that passes through the state Supreme Court.
Siebeking said Bond plans to push for updated technology in the Supreme Court, moving to computers instead of microfilm and photocopies. Bond will also address the issue of minimum wage, he said.
All News Stories for Tuesday, October 1, 2002
