WANTED: 1,100 delegates for WV GOP Convention

[WVLiberty]

The way to get 18 of the 27 WV delegates for Ron Paul is to stack the convention. This will take lots of planning! If you are interested in being a delegate to the state convention in February of 2012 or simply helping the effort, please PM or e-mail me your:

Name
Phone
e-mail
County
County coordinator, Delegate, and/or voter​

We need 551 votes to win the delegates on the first vote! We should know the # of delegates per county sometime in June. I am working on a list of Ron Paul supporters by county so we can fill the slots. Thanks in advance!

 

[Chowder]

Okay I've been dying to ask this question.

How do you get to be a delegate to vote for Ron Paul?

WHAT are the requirements and what you have to do become one. Please help!

 

[MelissaWV]

Okay I've been dying to ask this question.

How do you get to be a delegate to vote for Ron Paul?

WHAT are the requirements and what you have to do become one. Please help!

This varies GREATLY by state, as does whether or not being a delegate of the sort the OP talks about is effective.

You'll want to touch base with your LA people. torchbearer springs to mind, but I know there are many others.

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WVLiberty - Mon county had a lot of RP delegates last time. The biggest problem was, imo, wrangling the resources of the sparse counties. Those outlying areas basically ran a whole family for delegates, all voted for one another, and boom they were Huck people or Romney people.

 

[Chowder]

Okay so how do I go about this?

What government place would most likely have the info on this, like who should I call. And if I can should I or should I not tell them I'm supporting Ron Paul for president? I want to be a delegate, I'm 25 yrs old, I'm a college student. I don't have any criminal record, etc. I live in Louisiana West Virginia is not my state.

 

[Badger Paul]

Hopefully one of the state's they'll have a paid campaign field worker will be in West Virginia. If not, then the grassroots supporters of Paul should set up their own campaign committee to coordinate their efforts in signing up delegates county by county.

 

[WVLiberty]

First, this is strictly for the West Virginia convention in early February 2012, NOT the national GOP convention. In West Virginia, 18 of the 27 national delegates are allocated at the State Convention held in February. The other 9 are allocated in a primary election (classic voting).

The roughly 1,100 "delegates" are voted for on-line in January of 2012.
1) Register on the State GOP website (once set-up).
2) Sign up as a delegate or voter (or both).
3) Round up folks to vote for you
4) Vote on-line

Each delegate runs for a presidential candidate or as unspecified. When you vote on-line, you can see which candidate the person is running for.

At the convention, there are rounds of voting until a single candidate gets over 50% of the delegates votes. That candidate gets the 18 delegates for the national GOP convention.

In the 2008 process, Ron Paul did not have delegates in certain counties. We need to fix that in 2012!

I will make sure to post the process here and other places. If you are running for a delegate, it is important to have your friends register online and vote for you!

 

[WVLiberty]

If not, then the grassroots supporters of Paul should set up their own campaign committee to coordinate their efforts in signing up delegates county by county.

That is the plan! By December, we'll be a well oiled machine and rock the world! This happens EARLY in the process near Iowa and New Hampshire. It will be a HUGE deal nationally WHEN we win it for Dr. Paul! It's gonna be awesome!

 

[vroomery]

I moved to Clarksburg, WV in november of 2010. I supported Ron Paul last election but want to do more this time. Do you think it's possible/likely for me to become a delegate this time? I'm 23 and clean history, etc.

 

[libertybrewcity]

I moved to Clarksburg, WV in november of 2010. I supported Ron Paul last election but want to do more this time. Do you think it's possible/likely for me to become a delegate this time? I'm 23 and clean history, etc.

Yes, absolutely. Your county most definitely has a website. Find it and contact them. If they don't email you back then call them until you can reach them. Tell them you are interested in becoming a precinct captain. They will likely be very receptive and helpful. Become a precinct captain and connect with other RP supporters to become a delegate. It is not a huge responsibility and you will get your own precinct to walk. You will also be able to attend the convention. I can't stress the importance of this enough.

 

[libertybrewcity]

Also, to WVliberty: i would definitely go on facebook and connect with the RP supporters for your state group. You can send them private messages and just send them more info on becoming a precinct captain and stress the importance of it. Let them know that they will be a HUGE help to getting RP elected.

 

[WVLiberty]

I moved to Clarksburg, WV in November of 2010. I supported Ron Paul last election but want to do more this time. Do you think it's possible/likely for me to become a delegate this time? I'm 23 and clean history, etc.

The WVGOP should have the details on the convention and the delegate process by the end of June (2011). I will check with them and make sure everyone knows the rules. I will work on a one-page cheat sheet (handout) to simplify the process.

Make sure you are a registered Republican. The convention is party-only. WV is not an open primary state.

Getting active at your county level is important. You will need voters in your county to get you elected as a delegate to the convention.

 

[Gin]

I'm in this time.. missed being a delegate last time around since I was very inexperienced in politics as most Paul supporters, tho I was at the convention. I will pm you my info asap!

 

[WVLiberty]

Here is the latest on the 2012 convention.

The WV GOP is holding their Summer meeting on July 22-23, 2011. They will make the final decision regarding the convention then. Hopefully we'll have the details then and we can plan our strategy for Ron Paul to win West Virginia!

MOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREE! (Unless you are a little kid with a lemonade stand. In that case they'll shut you down without permits and licenses!)

 

[thehighwaymanq]

BUMP of importance!

 

[libertybrewcity]

bump

 

[muzzled dogg]

Get on this yall

 

[vroomery]

does anyone know the general cost of being a delegate is?

 

[vroomery]

Per melissaWV the process from 2008 was that you would get put on the ballot to be a state delegate and get people to vote for you. If voted in you would go to the state convention on super Tuesday and vote Ron Paul. I'm hoping this is still the process. We'll find out soon enough I guess!

 

[WVLiberty]

Looks like we are going back to the primary format. I guess the establishment was afraid that the RP grass roots team would pull off the victory!

State GOP returns to primary election
By The Associated Press

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- West Virginia Republicans are going back to choosing their national convention delegates in a primary.

Four years ago, the party experimented with selecting some of its delegates in a primary and some at a state convention. West Virginia GOP executive director Chad Holland says the party's Executive Committee unanimously voted Saturday to select all delegates to the 2012 national party convention at a May 8 primary.

Holland says several alternatives were discussed during a lengthy meeting in Shepherdstown. But he says committee members believe voters prefer the primary selection method, which was routinely used before 2008.

 

[vroomery]

So delegates are way less important now? Is it even worth being a delegate then?