North Carolina Delegate registration process?

[nc4rp]

we in NC are getting the clue about delegates, but i cant seem to find the process of actually signing up.

does anyone offhand know if you have to sign yourself up with an application or do you just show up as a registered republican to the Precinct Convention?

i dont need the details of the election process, just the process to sign up as a delegate in North Carolina.


edit>
I found that my County has precinct convention and county convention at the same day/location March 1st. As long as your signed up republican by Jan 31st then you can attend, but you need a supporter to vote for you is my understanding,

i guess you can get someone in your precinct to attend with you and vote for you as a delegate (who is registered republican by Jan 31st), or persuade someone at your precinct meeting to vote for you.

Then they hold the county convention immediately after, and they vote for delegates to the district and state conventions. ive never been to one, so i dont know who gets to vote in teh County Convention- everyone or just delegates from the Precinct meeting. Will be fun to learn.

 

[Bradley in DC]

NC, you're doing great work here!

 

[nimo]

I was just looking into this. Hope to have all the info by the New Year.

 

[mopar.bo]

I'd like to know, too. I tried to get in touch with the party leader in my county via the number given by the state party website, but she seems to be a ghost.

 

[nimo]

http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/NCSBE/Elec/elec_calendar.html

Here is a good place to start and hopefully a mod will move this to the NC forums.

 

[AgentPaul001]

There are some members on this forum like Lawson's friends, that are a bit more knowledgeable on this subject then me, hopefully one of them can jump in.

I'm not sure about the exact steps, but it sounds like North Carolina is fairly standard when it comes to the delegate process. Basically you have like a precinct (easy) > county (tougher) > regional (tougher) > regional.

Basically four rounds of voting, but for the first couple if you just get a small base of support you should be fine. It might not be a great idea to state your intentions to vote for Ron Paul until it becomes necessary.

In my case I'll be telling the truth. I'm a fiscal conservative with an empahsis on states rights, a candidate who best fits those desires will likely recieve my vote. Ron Paul or otherwise

That said, the Libertarian movement (and fiscal conservatives) in North Carolina are very powerful and I think he stands a great chance of winning this state.

 

[mopar.bo]

...the Libertarian movement (and fiscal conservatives) in North Carolina are very powerful and I think he stands a great chance of winning this state.

Makes me proud to be a TarHeel.

 

[olehounddog]

You have to go to your county conventions. Contact your county chairperson for dates. Here in Wilkes there is a monthly breakfast.

 

[Bob Spruill]

I am in NC and our primary is in early May.

Everything will have been decided by then, won't it ?

NC seems like a why even bother state.

Tell me I'm wrong, I will probably get up and actually do something.

As it is, I just send away all the money I can, to be used in States that actually matter.

 

[Mark]

Makes me proud to be a TarHeel.

Wolfpacker here NCSU - ABC -"Anybody but Carolina"

(edit - this information is from the site linked below - it doesn't include the EARLIER precinct meeting/county conventions -

one being on March 1st - other counties may have theirs in Feb)


Looks like we have to be at the District Convention - Late March through Late April


http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/NC-R.phtml


North Carolina Republican Presidential Nominating Process

District Conventions: Saturday 22 March - Saturday 26 April 2008 (tentative date)

Primary: Tuesday 6 May 2008 (tentative date)

State Convention: Thursday 22 May - Sunday 25 May 2008 (tentative date)

Saturday 22 March - Saturday 26 April 2008 (tentative date): District Conventions.


Tuesday 6 May 2008 (tentative date): All 69 of North Carolina's delegates to the Republican National Convention
are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's North Carolina Primary.

• The State Chairman shall allocate Delegate positions between the Candidates accurately reflecting the division of votes in the statewide primary.
• Each person nominated as a Delegate at either the District or State Convention must have publicly declared
• as a representative of a Candidate
• on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot prior to the election of Delegates to the National Convention.
• The "Uncommitted" position, not being a candidate, might not receive any delegates.

The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the North Carolina's Republican Party, will attend the convention by virtue of their position.

Thursday 22 May - Sunday 25 May 2008 (tentative date): The State Convention.

 

[Bob Spruill]

-"Anybody but Carolina"

That does seem true in deciding who the candidate will be.

North Carolina has no say in that.

GO ECU !!!


Yarrrrrrrrrr !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mark]

I am in NC and our primary is in early May.

Everything will have been decided by then, won't it ?

NC seems like a why even bother state.

Tell me I'm wrong, I will probably get up and actually do something.

As it is, I just send away all the money I can, to be used in States that actually matter.

South Carolina needs help. People you bring into Ron Paul's camp will help, they have time and money too.

Spread the word, reach people in States with earlier Primaries -

Reach people in NC that can help spread the word

South Carolina is CRUCIAL - We're close enough to do something to help there like this:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~`


Announcing a new event for The Triangle Ron Paul 2008 Meetup!

What: Campaign for Ron Paul in South Carolina

When: Friday, January 4, 7:00 AM

Where: (A location for this event hasn't been chosen yet)

Who should come: All members and whoever they want to bring who is a dedicated Ron Paul supporter.


Why: Every eventual Republican Nominee has won the South Carolina Primary since 1980.

Simply put: a Ron Paul win in SC means he is the Republican nominee.

The campaign is going gangbusters there, and it needs our help to continue the momentum.

Event Description: We will be going down to South Carolina to help the campaign there with door-to-door canvassing, lit drops, phone banking, and whatever else they need help with. The campaign has terrific leadership down there, and with the latest CNN poll in South Carolina placing Paul at 11%, he is taking off in the state. With what are building to be very strong finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire, winning South Carolina would be what would absolutely cement him as the Republican Nominee: no ifs, ands, or buts about it. But if he's going to win South Carolina, the campaign down there needs our help.

I am working with the campaign to charter a bus for supporters to go down. The bus will be departing in the Triangle area and will head to either Greenville, Columbia, or Charleston. Please come on board for this extraordinary opportunity and some real grassroots political campaigning experience!

Learn more here:
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/52/calendar/6960104/

 

[nc4rp]

http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/NCSBE/Elec/elec_calendar.html

Here is a good place to start and hopefully a mod will move this to the NC forums.

Thanks, i just added it to the N.C. forum. No need to bother a moderator.

Our W.N.C. meetups have planned a trip to SC for the meetup. i plan to attend.

 

[MozoVote]

The precinct meetings and County Conventions are in late February and early March. (You can hunt back through the NCGOP calendar to find examples in 2006.) We should start seeing the 2008 meetings announced and added to the calendar in late January.

http://www.ncgop.org/cgi-bin/calendar.pl?month=3&year=2008&month=2

 

[nc4rp]

http://www.ncgop.org/cgi-bin/calendar.pl?month=3&year=2008&month=2

awesome link! thanks!

i still need an answer if i have to go to the board of elections and sign up with an application type deal, or do i just attend my precinct convention.

also you have to be a delegate elected at the previous convention to vote in all the following conventions, im not sure if thats just the state convention or all of them. so we should just turn out to the precinct convention in February to get the base delegates.

 

[D-Blade]

Why is this answer so elusive?

Hello... I'm from Union county and I have also been trying my best to sort this whole process out. Why can we not find an answer to the initial delegate application?

I will be watching this thread and will also go down to the elections office the next chance I get.

We must figure this all out and soon. Thanks for all of your work to post most of the details. Hopefully we can complete the details within a week or so.

 

[nc4rp]

please post any info you hear first hand from the board of elections thanks.

 

[AlbemarleNC0003]

http://stanlycountygop.homestead.com/election2006.html

Stanly County doesn't list Paul as a candidate.

I've contacted the GOP chairman. Still waiting for a response.

 

[nc4rp]

edit, see below

 

[lisajames96]

Did anybody see this from the greenpapers link?

Is this something we should be concerned about? Or it doesn't matter? Just wondering.
-lisa


S168, filed 13 February 2007, would move the May Presidential Primary to the first Tuesday in February (5 February 2008). North Carolina held caucuses in 2004. Reference: North Carolina General Assembly, Session 2007, Senate Bill 168 "Presidential Primary in February".