State Representative Jeremy Faison Joins With Secretary Of State To Announce Tennessee Honor Vote Program

State Representative Jeremy Faison (R–Cosby) joined with Tennessee’s Secretary of State this week to officially announce the Honor Vote Program for 2014.

The Tennessee Honor Vote program gives Tennesseans the opportunity to dedicate their vote to active-duty military personnel and veterans. The program was an overwhelming success in 2012, having received nearly 3,500 submissions.

For more than 200 years, Tennessee has been known as “the Volunteer State.” That nickname dates back to the War of 1812, when the state contributed thousands of volunteers toward the war effort. The tradition was reinforced a few decades later in the Mexican War when the state produced more than10 times the number of recruits Washington requested — and that proud tradition still lives on today.

The program is free of charge, and those who wish to participate must simply log on to www.GoVoteTN.com/honor and fill out a short electronic form.

The names of participants and the people they choose to honor will appear on the Secretary of State’s website. Each participant will also receive a commemorative Honor Vote button.

“What better way to honor a veteran than to vote in his or her memory.” Said Representative Jeremy Faison.

Jeremy Faison is Vice-Chairman of the House Criminal Justice Committee. He lives in Cosby and represents District 11 in the Tennessee General Assembly, which includes all of Cocke and portions of Jefferson and Greene Counties. He can be reached by email at Rep.Jeremy.Faison@capitol.tn.gov or by calling 1-800-449-8366, ext. 16871.