North Carolina Delegate registration process?

[nc4rp]

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, (or to win votes enough to beat other delegates)

i guess you can get someone in your precinct to attend with you and vote for you as a delegate, or persuade someone at your precinct meeting to vote for you.

Then they hold the county convention immediately afterwards (in my county - other counties have county convention on different dates), and they vote for delegates to the district and state conventions. ive never been to one, so i dont know who votes, everyone or just delegates. Will be fun to learn.

Anyway Mark's post above was wrong about District meeting being the first one. Its the precinct/county meeting in Feb/March that is actually first.

 

[fastmanfunnay]

so what are all the steps? i just turned 18 and im pretty clueless about this low-level stuff.

 

[Allen72289]

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.

I just screwed up on this at my precinct meeting.. lol.


Ron Paul Revolution will continue!

 

[rancher89]

This is extremely important

deadline to be considered a delegate--Jan 1, 2008
deadline to be able to vote in precinct/county meeting/conventions--Jan 31, 2008

These are the dates that you have to be a regestered Republican. If you aren't by now, it's too late. You can still vote in the primary and the election of course.

You need to bring as many people with you to the precinct/county meetings as you can, they need to be residents of your precinct and registered Republicans as per the above deadlines.
You need to know Robert's rules of Order (go to the library, look it up on line, buy it....) This stuff goes fast, read it, know it.
It helps to know some of the "regular" GOP people at the meeting, know your precinct, go online and get the FEC reports on who donates, they will be the people that show up for these things. At least know their names, it is very nice to meet someone for the first time and you can act like you know who they are (Don't you live over on such and such street?)
Be polite and don't mention or wear Ron Paul stuff, dress conservitively (SP)
Play the game and we might get more delegates than you might expect.

 

[nc4rp]

This is extremely important

deadline to be considered a delegate--Jan 1, 2008
deadline to be able to vote in precinct/county meeting/conventions--Jan 31, 2008



it appears that the NC rule is Jan 31st to be or vote as a delegate UNLESS your county has an amended Party Plan. This is the case with Wake county which had its precinct meeting Feb 7th and has a "registered by 30 days prior" clause in their Plan.

Its my impression that unless your county has an amended plan then Jan 30th was the cut-off date to be a delegate. (unless my GoP county chairman was lying to me)

so it looks like we were foiled in several of the counties concerning the deadline to be a delegate. I hope that youre wrong about the Jan 1st deadline to be a delegate. and that im right that Jan 30th was the general rule for the State.

Please update this with any information that can help verify any of this.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

NC4RP you are amazing. Thanks for all your help setting me up with my needed dates while I've been out here in Alabama! We're gonna rock NC from mountain to sea. Liberty is spreading, and it's time to strike a match!

 

[slacker921]

I think it's crucial that you go to your local county GOP meeting before the county convention.. get to know some people and let them know you're ok and are trying to help. You'll probably get to meet your local commissioners and other party folks who are running for office this year and it will be in a small setting so you can talk to them.. which is a good thing to do. Most of them are very good people trying to do the right thing.

I went to our county meeting tonight and heard "constitution" a bunch of times and heard speakers describing themselves as libertarian.. it was uplifting. They may end up voting for McCain, but who knows.