GOP Rules by State

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Regarding Deep Throat's post about becoming a delegate: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=121298

His suggestion was to contact the individual State GOP to find out the rules for becoming a delegate. If you have done this and have gotten a response, perhaps we could catalogue those responses to help whittle down the research time and assist those in those corresponding states.

The "Title" of the post would be the State you are in. The body of the post would be the e-mail you received.

I'll start with South Carolina.
 
South Carolina

Received 2/18/08 via e-mail response:

The district delegates will be elected at the Congressional District conventions coming up in March and April, and the at-large state delegates will be elected at the state convention. If you were elected at your county convention last year to be a delegate or alternate to the state convention, then you will be eligible to run for delegate or alternate. If you were not at your precinct meetings last year and/or were not elected as a delegate or alternate from your county to the state convention, then you would not be eligible this year. Those are the eligible people for this year. If you do meet the qualifications, you will receive a call to both the district and state conventions in the mail from the state party. In that call will be the paperwork you will need to fill out to run for delegate or alternate to the national convention. Typically, it is a highly competitive process. I hope this answers your questions, and if you meet the qualifications, by all means, plan to run.

Each Congressional district will elect 3 delegates and 3 alternates. At the state convention, we will elect 24 delegates and 24 alternates. The state party chairman, national committeeman, and national committeewoman all three are automatic state delegates (but not counted in the 24). There is a possibility we will lose half our delegates due to the fact that we had the first in the south primary (so vital for us!), so it is important that people are the top vote getters, if they do choose to run.

LaDonna Ryggs
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Spartanburg County Republican Party
Mrs. LaDonna Ryggs
State Executive Committeewoman
137 Marcie Rush Lane
Greer, SC 29651
Phone: 864.801.3663
Email: [email protected]
 
Illinois

I think Illinois is pretty much locked up delegate wise, but here's our rules anyways:

(Just got time to type it up, so it's not in annoying PDF format):

BACKGROUND: The Illinois Republican Presidential Primary Election is scheduled for Tuesday, February 5, 2008. Under rules adopted at the 2004 Republican National Convention, Illinois will send 70 delegates and 67 alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota between September 1,2008 and September 4, 2008.

DELEGATE SELECTION: Under Illinois law, ten delegates and ten alternate delegates will be elected at-large by Illinois Republican State Convention on June 7, 2008. Under rules adopted by the 2004 Republican National Convention, three delegate positions are automatically awarded to the Republican State Chairman, the National Committeeman, and National Committeewoman. The remaining 57 delegates and alternate delegates will be elected district delegates by Republican primary election voters. Each Illinois Congressional district will elect a minimum of two and up to a maximum of five district delegates and alternate delegates. The number of delegates and alternate delegates allocated to each Congressional district is determined under Illinois law by formula that reflects the relative strength of that district’s vote for the Republican nominee in the 2004 general election. There is no limit to the number of candidates who can stand for election as district delegates. The candidates who receive the most votes are certified as elected district delegates.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS: Candidates for district delegate stand for election as either “committed” to a particular candidate or “uncommitted”. Committed delegate and alternate candidates are listed on the primary election ballot with the name of their presidential candidate of choice following their name in parentheses. If more than the allocated number of delegates or alternates from a district seeks to run as committed to the same presidential candidate, that presidential candidate will designate those candidates authorized to run as committed to him or her. Delegate and alternate delegate candidates not committed or not designated by their candidate of choice are listed as uncommitted by the State Board of Elections. Delegation candidates must file the following information with the State Board of Elections:

- A statement of candidacy,
- A loyalty oath
- A statement of preference for a presidential candidate (or uncommitted), and
- Nominating petitions signed by at least one-half of one percent of the Republican primary electors (meaning those who cast ballots for Bush in the 2004 Presidential General Election ) in the district.

The filing period for delegates and alternate delegates at the Illinois State Board of Elections in Springfield is November 28 thru December 5, 2007. Petitions may be circulated beginning September 6, 2007.

PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE: In addition to electing district delegates and alternate delegates on primary day, voters may express their preference for a Republican presidential nominee. The results of this “beauty contest”, however, do not determine the selection of national convention delegates or alternate delegates.

EXPENSES: All delegates and alternate delegates are personally responsible for all of their own expenses to the 2008 Republican National Nominating Convention, including travel, lodging, meals, and any delegation activity fee. Further, candidates for delegate or alternate delegate positions should be aware of and comply with all Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations regarding fund raising/expenditure activity for their activity for their candidates.



http://www.digitalvictorycms.com/_u...epublicanNationalDelegateSelectionProcess.pdf
 
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New Jersey

New Jersey is a "Winner Take All" state as voted by the board member of the State Committee in June 2007.

There are a total of 52 delegates for the state.

10 At Large Delegates
39 Congressional Delegates;
1 New Jersey Republican State Committee Chairman
2 National Committee Members


At Large delegates run state wide.
They are required to get 250 signatures for the petition.


Congressional delegates run in their district.
They are required to get 100 signatures for the petition from their Congressional District.


Signatures must be from registered Republican voters.

Deadline for filing petitions to be placed on the ballot is April 7th.

The primary is on June 3rd.

The delegates are bound to vote for the winner of the primary (McCain) for the first three rounds of votes at the Convention.

Beyond that, they are free agents and can vote for whomever they want.

NJGOP Delegate Fact Sheet
http://www.njgop.org/images/nj/2008_Delegate_Fact_Sheet.pdf

NJ Republican Committee Rules
http://www.njgop.org/images/nj/Rules_for_Selection_of_Delegates_v1.pdf

Petition Instructions and Forms
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/elections/2008results/2008_presidential_nomination_petitions.html
 
Hawaii

summary-

http://tmess2.multiply.com/journal/...alendar_--_Part_1_January_29th_-_February_5th

Hawaii – Precinct Caucuses (6 by congressional district, 11 state-wide, no rule on role of presidential preferences) – closed. Next step is state convention. Like many Republican caucuses, Hawaii has no rule about the use of presidential preference and lets the convention choose what weight, if any, presidential preference plays. The delegates can do winner-take-all, proportional, or ignore the results entirely. However, candidates for delegate can declare their preferences. If they do so, they are bound by their declaration through the first ballot at the national convention. In other words, if you run on the promise that you will support a candidate, you must keep that promise. If you do not make any such promise, you are free to vote for any candidate at the convention.

also- http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/HI-R.phtml
http://www.gophawaii.com/caucus.html
 
Missouri

Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 115
Election Authorities and Conduct of Elections
Section 115.776

August 28, 2007

Caucuses, delegates for national conventions.
115.776. The state party organization which is the state organization recognized by the national organization of that established political party shall, after the primary and before the national convention, conduct a series of caucuses culminating in congressional and state conventions. Delegates to the national conventions shall be chosen at the congressional district and state conventions pursuant to rules established by the political parties.

(http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1150000776.HTM)

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All delegates and alternates to the 2008 Republican National Convention will be pledged to support the winner of the 2008 Missouri Presidential Primary unless that candidate for presidential nominee releases his or her delegates, dies, withdraws or becomes inactive. In any of the above eventualities, a majority vote of Missouri’s National Convention Delegation will bind all delegates and alternates to the candidate of the majority’s choice.

(http://www.mogop.org/convention/2008_call_to_convention.pdf)

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Note: I could not find any further definition of what MOGOP means by "pledged", i.e. affidavit vs. other agreement that is not legally binding. There is no state law pertaining to "faithless delegates" specifically.
 
Texas

http://www3.webng.com/ronpaul/become_delegate_TX.html


Ron Paul Texas Delegate Information

A delegate is a super-voter; They get to vote for the GOP nominee. Regular voters will be voting to determine the number of delegates for the candidates in the Texas Primary on March 4th; Regular voters can't vote for the GOP nominee. Now you can understand why it's so important to become a delegate because delegates determine who the GOP nominee is!

The ONLY mandatory requirement to be a Republican delegate is to VOTE in the Republican primary election on March 4, 2008. In Texas (different than some other states), you do NOT register to vote with a particular Party – we have what’s called an “open” primary, meaning people who vote against Republicans in the general election are still allowed to vote in the GOP primaries years. Here’s how the process will work in 2008:

March 4, 2008 (Tuesday): Primary Election Day and Precinct Convention: After you VOTE in the Primary, your registration card needs to be stamped “Republican”. Ask the election judge for the location of the “Republican Precinct Convention” for your local precinct and go there. It begins after the polls close at 7:00 PM, between 7:30PM and 8:30PM, usually at or very near the polling place (e.g. library, church, elementary school, etc.).

Every voter is assigned to a neighborhood precinct. Each precinct has a “delegate strength”, a number of allocated convention delegates for the next level convention, based on the number of Republican Primary votes for Governor Rick Perry in 2006. If you live in a strongly Democrat precinct, you may have only one or two Republican delegates. If you live where I do (Precinct #333), a strong Republican precinct, you may have a dozen or more delegates. Each delegate position also has an “alternate” delegate spot – alternate delegates may attend the next convention and be “seated” (with voting rights) if a delegate fails to show up. As a rule, every "alternate" who shows up always gets seated, but there are always plenty of "delegate" no-shows. (But of course, it's always better to be delegate than alternate.)

Most of these "precinct conventions" are very poorly attended, and typically there are more delegate/alternate places than people to fill them, so it’s usually easy to get elected as delegate at the precinct level. WE CAN ORGANIZE AND PLAN for all this now with plenty of time.

At your precinct convention, there will be a packet on the table. The precinct chairman usually picks it up and calls the meeting to order. After which, you'll elect a permanent chairman (not to be confused with precinct chairman) that presides over your convention; The permanent chairman is kind of like a judge. Next, you'll elect a secretary; The secretary handles all the paperwork, the list of delegates, etc. The secretary may easily be the most important position in the entire precinct convention process. There may be a sergeant-at-arms election (kind of like a bodyguard) but that's optional. The most important part of the entire convention is the delegate selection. You can nominate someone to be elected as a delegate or nominate yourself. In fact, you can have a whole list of delegates written down on a sheet of paper ahead of time and just vote for the entire list! If you have the majority, you'll get all your delegates to the next convention! It's that easy! Please make sure you know the rules and process so you'll be prepared; Remember, chance favors the prepared mind.

If they try to railroad you, learn and know Robert's Rules of Order (below). Your precinct convention will be run like a court trial---objection, point of order, etc. Learn these words (http://statedelegate.notlong.com Step B) and you'll rule the precinct convention!

The key is to get your friends, family and neighbors to flood your precinct convention so that you outnumber and outvote them! Even if you don't wish to be a delegate, you can still help tremendously by attending your precinct convention on March 4th and vote for those who want to become Ron Paul delegates! That would really help Ron Paul secure the GOP nomination. Remember, "many hands make light work". :)

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW BEFORE GOING TO YOUR PRECINCT CONVENTION:
1. Rules for Delegate Selection / Conventions of the Texas GOP (Rule 21 for the precinct convention but go through it all)
2. Robert's Rules of Order (your bible to the precinct convention)
3. COMPLETE Precinct Convention Packet (not the official but you can get an idea of what it will look like)

March 29, 2008 (Saturday): Senatorial District or County Convention: Delegates/alternates (D/A) from the precinct convention may attend the County or Senatorial District Convention. In metropolitan counties (Harris, Bexar, Travis, etc.), multiple Senatorial District Conventions are held (Travis has two, SD-14 and SD-25, with most of us in the northern SD-14). In rural counties, there is one County Convention. The SD Convention is on a Saturday, from early morning until late afternoon or evening. The SD Convention has several purposes: to review party rules, to consider resolutions for the party platform (submitted from Precinct Conventions), and to elect D/A for the State Convention. It’s usually more competitive to get to the State Convention, but rules have recently changed allowing local Precincts to elect their own State D/A (provided they have sufficient strength). There is also a “nominations committee” that picks D/A from at-large – and this is typically where those who control the SD stack the deck with their own delegates, meaning the entire SD delegation voting strength at the State Convention will be controlled by those who control the SD Convention itself. It is very difficult, but still possible, for Ron Paul supporters to control a SD delegation to the State Convention.

June 5th – 7th: Texas State Convention: D/A from the SD and County Conventions are invited to the State Convention. The official duties here are the same as the other conventions: possibly revise State Party rules and consider resolutions for the Texas Republican Platform. You will also be pounded with mind-numbing speeches and from incumbent politicians and prodded to cheer. FACT: The Texas Republican State Convention is the largest political party meeting in the world! Some 15,000 people can be in attendance in some role. In the decades since 1964, the importance of the Convention conclusions have become less and less important, but the attendance is still remarkable – it’s an amazing networking opportunity. Again, the Texas Convention will pass a Platform (which will be completely ignored by the National Convention), possibly make rule changes, and will elect D/A to the National Convention. These elections (for National Republican delegates) are extremely competitive and virtually always decided well in advance of the State Convention, and the D/As chosen are typically decades-long hard core party loyalists. A century ago, these people were chosen with authority to select the Party’s candidate for President. Now, election as a D/A may be viewed as a ticket to an expensive party – a reward for loyal party service. And note that all political analysts will expect (and hope) the Party’s choice for President will be decided months before the State Convention begins.

September 4th, 2008 -- Republican National Convention at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Download Complete Texas GOP Instructions (from Precinct Convention through RNC)

General Rules for All GOP Conventions and Meetings
Parliamentary Cheat Sheet as President
Robert's Rules of Order
PrecinctConvention-DelegateForm.pdf - The specific form for recording of SD Convention delegate reporting (note voter cert. field)
TexasGOP-2006-Precinct-Conv-instructions.pdf - Texas GOP instructions/interpretations/notes based on State Party and TEC rules.

Other Informative Resources:
Texas GOP Convention Delegate Processes

For Travis County Delegates:
Travis-SD-14_GOP_ADOPTED__RULES__REPORT_2006.pdf - The supplemental rules SPECIFIC TO TRAVIS COUNTY’s SD-14, from 2006 SD-14 Convention, including the change allowing Precinct Caucuses to select their own State Convention delegates at the SD-14 Convention; expect minor changes to this from SREC meeting coming in January, 2008 (Perry’s low 2006 vote totals will mean fewer State delegates in 2008!) Note that other SDs or Counties can have other rules which we should solicit from RP people in those areas.
 
Nebraska

I filed for delegate in Douglas county today.

The county delegates are voted on at the county convention. The county conventions also vote on county leadership, delegates to the state convention.

The state convention votes on a platform, state leadership, presidential electors, at large delegates, and RNC delegates. The national delegates will be elected by the congressional districts delegates. You must apply in person or by mail no later than 10 days after the state primary in order to be eligible for national delegate or at large delegate.

All delegates can register their individual vote and are not bound by the party rules to vote as a unit.

All the rules are located here: http://www.negop.org/constitution.asp
 
Kentucky

You can find a link to the official rules for becoming a national delegate from Kentucky here:




This was posted in the following thread on these forums: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=121604

Kentucky will send 45 delegates and 42 alternates to the national convention. Dunciad provides the following breakdown:

• 10 base at large ( elected at State Convention)
• 18 Congressional District (elected at District Conventions)
• 3 Super delegates (these are members of the KY Republican party who are grandfathered in as delegates
• 14 bonus (elected at State Convention)

To become a national delegate:

"Any registered Republican who would like to serve as a National Convention delegate should submit a letter to the Republican Party of Kentucky Nominating Committee four days prior to the applicable state or district convention. The letter should state their interest in becoming a delegate and include specific qualifications for holding this position."

Forty-two of the delegates (not the super-delegates) are bound proportionately based upon the KY primaries. They are bound only through the first round at the convention. Kentucky statutes govern how the primary results are reported (KRS 118.631) and the distribution of delegate votes among candidates (KRS 118.641). (These statutes were posted to the forum on Nov. 13, 2007: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=36731.)

dp
 
Oklahoma


SORRY CANT FIND "RULES" JUST CONTACTS, MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE KNOWS BETTER THAN I?

OK State Party
Contact Information

Oklahoma Republican Party

p: (405) 528-3501
f: (405) 521-9531
website: http://www.okgop.com/


Cleveland Co. Republican Party http://okgopcc.com/

Creek Co. Republican Party http://creekcountygop.com/

Kay Co. Republican Party http://www.kayokgop.com/

Muskogee Co. Republican Party http://muskogeerepublicans.org/

Oklahoma Co. Republican Party http://www.okcountygop.com/t208-Home

Payne Co. Republican Party http://www.paynecountygop.com/

Rogers Co. Republican Party http://rogerscountygop.com/

Tulsa Co. Republican Party http://www.tulsagop.org/

Wagoner Co. Republican Party http://wagonergop.com/


HERES LINK FOR THE OTHER STATES

http://www.gop.com/Connect/States.aspx




[+]Mr. Gary Jones
State Chairman, OK Republican State Committee

PRESENT

State Chairman, Republican State Committee of Oklahoma, elected April 14, 2007
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
National Cattlemen's Association
PREVIOUS


Comanche County Commissioner
Oklahoma 4th District Chair
Comanche County Vice Chair
RNC ACTIVITY


20237 Southwest Tinney Road

Cache, OK 73527

(580) 429-8985 (h)

(405) 528-3501 (o)

(405) 521-9531 (f)

[email protected]


[+]Mr. Lynn Windel
National Committeeman, OK Republican State Committee

PRESENT

National Committeeman, Republican State Committee of Oklahoma, elected May 20, 1992
Currently Serving on Budget Committee
PREVIOUS


State Vice Chairman, 1982-1985
USAF, JAG Corps, Captain, 1968-1972
RNC ACTIVITY


Spouse: Donna
Children: Dawn, Lance, Laura
Education: B.A. University of Oklahoma, 1965; J.D. University of Oklahoma, 1968
PO Box 627
Madill, Oklahoma 73446

(580) 223-7474 (h)
(580) 795-3397 (o)
(580) 795-5072 (f)
[email protected]


[+]Mrs. Bunny Chambers
National Committeewoman, OK Republican State Committee

PRESENT

National Committeewoman, Republican State Committee of Oklahoma, elected April 13, 1996
Member, Executive Committee; Republican State Committee of Oklahoma, 1987 -
Secretary/Treasurer, Precinct 229, 1979 -
Member, Oklahoma County GOP Committee, 1983 -
State President, Eagle Forum of Oklahoma
Member, Freedom’s Foundation at Valley Forge, PA - Oklahoma Chapter
Member, National Federation of Republican Women, 1980 – present
Member, Oklahoma Federation of Republican Women, 1980 – present
PREVIOUS


Chairman, House District 82, 1983 - 2000
Campaign Manager, Representative Leonard E. Sullivan, 1986; Legislative Assistant, 1987 - 2005
Deputy Voter Registrar, 1978 - 1995
State Chairman, Pro-Family Forum, 1980 - 1993
Homemaker of the Year, Eagle Forum, 1986
Fifth District Chairman, 1995 - 1999
Vice Chairman, Fifth District, 1987 - 1995
Fifth District Committeewoman, Oklahoma County, 1987 - 1990
Secretary, Republican State Committee of Oklahoma, 1989 - 1991
Secretary, Oklahoma County Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1992
Co-Chair, State Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1995, 1997; Secretary, 1988
Member, The Republican Silver Key Club - 2 keys
Delegate, GOP County, District and State Conventions, 1978 -
Legislative Assistant, Representative Ernest Istook and Representative Ray Vaughn
Volunteer, State and County Headquarters
Member, Oklahoma City Republican Women’s Club
Frontier Country Republican Women’s Club
Redlands Republican Women’s Club

RNC ACTIVITY

Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004
Committee on Resolutions, Republican National Convention, 1988,1996
Alternate Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1992
RNC Standing Committee on Rules, 1997 -
RNC Committee on Arrangements, Republican National Convention, 2000
RNC Committee on Rules, Republican National Convention, 2000

Spouse: F.B.
Children: Kent, Wendy, and Amy; 8 grandchildren
Education: B.S., Phillips University
5701 Melton Drive
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132

(405) 721-2891 (h)
(405) 721-2891 (o)
(405) 922-6891 (m)
[email protected]


[+]Mr. Gary Jones, Acting
Executive Director, OK Republican State Committee
 
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North Carolina from the NC GOP site

I am cutting and pasting what I see as pertinent information. Each individual county can have additional rules. http://www.ncgop.org/getactive/join.asp

A. MEMBERS

All citizens of North Carolina who are registered Republicans are Members of the Republican Party of North Carolina and shall have the right to participate in the official affairs of the Republican Party in accordance with these rules. All reference herein to Delegates, Alternates, Officers and Members shall, in all cases, mean persons identified and registered with the Republican Party in the Precinct of their residence. Any person running for an office within the North Carolina state, district legislative, county or precinct Republican Party shall be a resident of the jurisdiction in which he seeks office.

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3. Election of Delegates (EDIT: at precinct level)

The annual Precinct Meetings shall elect 1 Delegate and 1 Alternate to the County Convention. They shall also elect 1 additional Delegate and Alternate for each 100 registered Republican voters, or major fraction thereof, in the precinct as of January 1 of that year. In determining the number of registered Republicans to be used as the basis for the number of additional Delegates and Alternates to be elected in the precinct under this calculation, a County may adopt, in its Plan of Organization, a basis number of registered Republican voters less than 100 but, in so doing, must assure proportional representation of all registered Republican voters in the county.

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iii. The County Convention shall elect 1 Delegate and 1 Alternate to Congressional District and State Conventions, plus 1 additional Delegate and Alternate for every 250 Republicans, or major fraction thereof, registered in that county, as of January 1 of that year. Each County shall further elect 1 Delegate and Alternate for each Republican elected to the state legislature and to public office on the state or national level from said County in the last election held for that office. With respect to the District Convention, the additional 1 delegate and 1 alternate shall only be elected to the District Convention being held in the District in which said Republican elected to the state legislature and to public office on the state or national level actually lives.

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ARTICLE V - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONS

A. CONVENTIONS

1. Call of Convention

a. A Congressional District Convention shall be called in every year by the Chairman of the Congressional District Committee, within the month of April upon 20 days written notice of the time and place for holding same to all Members of the District Committee and to the County Chairmen within said District.

b. At the time of the call of the Convention, the District Chairman shall appoint a Credentials Committee, which will meet and issue its report on Delegates and Alternates certified to that Convention at least 3 days in advance of the convening of the Convention. All Delegates and Alternates challenged in the report of the Credentials Committee shall be notified prior to the day of the Convention and allowed to present their case to the Credentials Committee prior to the convening of the Convention. The Delegates and Alternates elected in the County Conventions, unless successfully challenged, shall sit as Delegates and Alternates to the Congressional District Convention.

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2. Convention Action

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d. In every Presidential Election Year the Congressional District Convention shall elect 3 Delegates and 3 Alternates to the Republican National Convention and shall nominate 1 Presidential Elector, who must not be a current elected public official (pursuant to state law).

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I hope that is helpful.
 
Mississippi

My understanding is that there are 39 Republican delegates for Mississippi and that we are not a winner-take-all State.

Our primaries are March 11th.

County delegates to the State Convention will be selected at local meetings on April 28th.

National delegates will be selected at the State Convention sometime in May, I don't know the exact date yet.

I will update this post as I learn new information.
 
Georgia

For Georgia, there are grass roots folks that have already attended some precinct mass meetings, and are looking forward to county, district, and state conventions in March, April, and May, resp. Detailed planning and strategizing is well underway in the state.

Info and documents regarding the 2008 Convention planning and processes can be found at the GAGOP website:

http://gagop.org/default.asp?pt=doc&doc=2008c

PM me if you are a Georgian looking to get in touch with the folks already engaged.


georgiaboy
 
All of the Republian Conventions are conducted under Robert's Rules of Order (the book is over 700 pages long). The best source to read to ready yourselves is "Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised in Brief" written by Henry M. Robert III, available at your library or bookstore.

NOTE: According to the original Robert's Rules of Order, page 600, it takes a 2/3 vote to overturn Convention rules. If your state is "bound" to vote for the primary winner, you can OVERTURN THIS AT YOUR STATE CONVENTION. Between Ron Paul and Huckabee supporters, there could easily be enough delegates to overturn the rule.
 
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