Marion County, FL. February 21 -
Marion County Supervisor of Elections, Wesley Wilcox reminds local college and university students of the Feb. 28 FSE Scholarship application deadline and encourages qualified students to apply.
Three $1,200 scholarships will be awarded by the Florida Supervisors of Elections (FSE) in 2020. Students who apply must be either a Political Science, Public/Business Administration, or Journalism/Mass Communication major. The FSE Scholarship guidelines and application are available online at
www.VoteMarion.Gov/Scholarship
and in person at the Marion County Election Center, 981 NE 16th Street, Ocala.
Each of the 67 county Supervisors will interview and select a finalist to be considered by the FSE Scholarship Committee. The winners will be announced and recognized at the FSE Summer Conference in May 2020.
The three scholarships are presented in memory of former Supervisors of Elections Dorothy Ruggles of Pinellas County, Joe Oldmixon of Escambia County and Jimmy Whitehouse of Highlands County.
The Florida Supervisors of Elections is a professional membership organization representing the Supervisors of Elections of Florida’s 67 counties. Their goal is to support fair, honest and accurate elections in the state of Florida. Supervisor Wilcox is Vice President of the association.
