How does one get to be the chair of the Shelby County Democratic Party? Well, you had better know people, lots of them, who will come out to elect OTHER people to the Executive Committee, who will in turn elect the chair after the close of the convention on July 23.
There will be 67 slots spread out over 15 State House districts, and each district gets slots in accordance with the vote they provided the Kerry Edwards ticket in 2004.
The purpose of the Ward/Precinct caucuses (June 25) is to elect delegates from each precinct to the County Convention (July 23) who will in turn select each district's ExecCom members who will in turn elect the new chair. Confused yet?
Very rarely does enough people show up in a precinct that you actually have to hold a delegate election, but it DOES happen. Usually, one candidate's group controls a district so it doesn't matter how many seats they have, the district is solidly behind one candidate.
So, when you show up at the U of M University Center (and if you're registered to vote in Shelby County and a Democrat, I hope that you DO), try to have a voter's registration card ready, because we are going to check where you are registered. It would also be helpful to know, if possible, your precinct number/name and the number of your state House district. If not, we will have people on site to assist, so don't be put off.
Hopefully, we will see you at 9 AM on the 25th to get things going. If you don't show up, you have no one to blame but yourself...
2 comments:
If a blogger wants to show up, to observe and report only, is that allowed? Or do I have to have "credentials?"
You can come. You just can't have the floor at the convention if you're not a delegate. The "action" doesn't take place at a central location, however, but in a series of seperate house district meetings in different rooms.
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