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TAYLORSVILLE — Students at college campuses throughout the Salt Lake Valley got a crash course in "Politics 101" Thursday.
The political action group Education First is hosting precinct political caucus training meetings, hoping to engage students.
During the workshops, college students and community members learn how to become caucus delegates.
The free training took them step-by-step in hopes of bringing balance to the process. Salt Lake Community College student body president Mike Bird said the only way to do that is to get involved.
"Obviously, it's not perfect. But we can make a difference, and we can make it better with the ideas that we have," Bird said. "I don't want to say 'if you can't beat them, join them,' but we have a system in place and we should take advantage of what we have."
Bird said college students are usually too intimidated or too unaware to join the caucus process, but he hoped the training would help.
The students' first assignment is to attend their neighborhood caucus meetings. At the meetings, students can get involved, could run to become a delegate, and help determine which candidates are on the ballot.
Democratic Caucus meetings are March 13 at 7 p.m. and Republican Caucus meetings are March 15 at 7 p.m.
