Procedure for selecting state delegates at the county conventions

[JohnDLG]

The following quote was posted as a reply on the Nueces County Republican Party Facebook page.

The Temporary Committee on Nominations will hold a couple of meetings prior to the Senatorial District Convention to develop a preliminary list of State Convention delegates and alternates. The date, time and location of their meetings will be posted at the HQ and on our NCRP website.

On the day of the Senatorial District Convention, the Nominations Committee will meet and provide interested Republicans with an opportunity to appear before the Committee and make their case for being a State Convention delegate or alternate. This is when changes in the preliminary list are usually made.

The Committee then votes on its final list to recommend to the Convention. After that meeting, and according to the Convention agenda, the Nominations Committee presents its list of recommended State Convention delegates and alternates. The Convention then votes to adopt the Committee report. If adopted, their recommended list becomes the official roster of State Convention delegates and alternates from Nueces County/SD 20.

There are 104 delegate positions and 104 alternate positions from Nueces County to the State Convention. They are all highly-sought positions. Traditionally, the delegate positions go to people who are active volunteers, financial contributors, public officeholders, Party officials, and candidates. The alternate positions usually go to folks who are new to the Party and demonstrate or express a desire to work constructively, within the Party structure, to elect our full slate of nominees and build our local Party organization.

So if we have enough people there I presume we would need to vote against the Nominations Committee report? Then try to get our people elected to the permanent nominations committee to propose our own delegates.

Someone please correct me if I am understanding the process wrong.

 

[drummergirl]

It depends on how many people you have and how organized you are.

If you have enough people to have the votes to get a Ron Paul person as permanent convention chair and get a majority of the votes AND IF you are organized, you can just take over the convention and have your own slate of delegates. Make sure you know the rules; make sure you follow the rules. If you follow the rules and you don't have the votes to "git 'er done", be gracious because these are your neighbors and they'll be the same people back in 2 years. Remember that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar; ultimately you want all those folks to vote for Ron Paul.

If you are short on people and/or organization, work with the structure that is there. Ask to serve on a temporary committee (they may not need help in nominations, but rules, platform, credentials, etc. it all matters). Go to the temporary nominations committee meeting if you can, and put your name in the hat. Go again on the day of the SD convention.

The first state convention I ever went to I was an alternate but I got the spot because I showed up at the meeting and said, "hey I'm new in town and I'd really like to go and be more involved". It was a great experience, I met people , learned a lot about the process, etc. It enabled me to get connected with some candidates I could really support, which meant the next time around I could say, "I helped with this campaign, and that fundraiser, and so forth" and then I got on the delegates list.

One of the things that really warmed my heart at the 2008 state convention (didn't go in 2010 for personal reasons) was the incredible number of young people there for Ron Paul. I'm hoping to see most of those "alternates" as delegates this time around. Even if you get an alternate spot, depending on who actually goes to the convention, you may very well get seated.