Grayson goes Ivy League, again

Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R-Park Hills) will join eleven of his counterparts from the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) for a conference at Harvard University on April 29.

Grayson and his fellow Secretaries will be discussing the presidential primary process during the one-day symposium. Grayson himself chairs the NASS' Presidential Primary Subcommittee.

"“I am excited that we are beginning to see substantive discussions taking place on the subject of how to reform our presidential primary process,” said Grayson in release dispatched from his office. “As we continue these discussions, I am hopeful that the leaders of our country will find a way to reform this process so that we have a better way of nominating our presidential candidates.”

NASS President and Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita stated there is significant interest in reforming the nominating system.

"Following the frenzied 2008 primary and caucus schedule that began just a few days into the new year, election officials have a strong interest in curbing the impacts of frontloading and restoring order to the process," said Rokita in the release.

The Secretaries of State will be joined a series of other political figures, including political journalists, congressional staffers, and academics.

The journey to Cambridge will be a return to his alma mater for Grayson, who graduated with a degree in Government from Harvard in 1994.