[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23353]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING NATHANIEL BANKSTON UPON HIS RETIREMENT

 Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, today I want to share with my 
colleagues the dedication and public service rendered by Nathaniel 
Bankston, Registrar of Voters in East Baton Rouge Parish. He is 
retiring from public service today, and as he enters a new phase in his 
life, I look back and remember his accomplishments.
  Mr. Bankston has served as the Registrar of Voters of East Baton 
Rouge Parish since 1969. His dedication to ``getting the job done'' 
causes him to reach out to both all parties, regardless of affiliation. 
He is a respected member of the community, having served as president 
of the Louisiana Registrars of Voters Associations, member on the Board 
of Trustees of the Louisiana Registrars of Voters Retirement System, 
and president of the East Baton Rouge Parish Board of Election 
Supervisors. He is a lifelong resident of Louisiana, having graduated 
from southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA, in 1972.
  He has spent his entire life striving to make Louisiana a better 
place, and it is with a heavy heart that I see him retire. Mr. Bankston 
is an upstanding citizen and it is my hope that his future holds all 
that he desires.

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