Good evening / morning:
Thursday evening, 7 pm, 922-1/2 E. St. Patrick, South door of the IBEW hall. Monthly pendem meeting.
We need;
Delegates for the pre-convention at McGovern Days
Delegates for the State Convention in June, either a slate with one petition or single petitions for everyone.
We are completely out of time. Bring any and all candidate suggestions and your cell phones. We will recruit from the meeting.
I have inserted an email from Erin here which should answer you questions about delegates.
Please attend and bring ideas.
Thanks, Jeff
Hi Everyone,
Here's some info to clarify the Pre-Convention Delegates and Convention Delegate selection - without going into the nitty gritty.
DELEGATE INFO
Pre-Convention Caucus Delegates need to be elected through a public meeting before April 5
Convention Delegates need to be elected on the June Ballot
1. What if we have already had our County Meeting?
- You can send out an email to your county Dems asking them if they are interested in being a Delegate. The County Eboard can choose from those interested parties or have it be first come, first serve
2. What if we don't fill all our spots at our meeting?
- Same answer as No. 1
3. What do we do if our County Meeting is coming up?
- Notify your County Dems that you will be electing Pre-convention Delegates at the upcoming meeting. At the meeting, ask those interested to raise their hands or sign in. If there are more candidates than spots, then have the county party vote on the candidates.
4. Do County Chairs have to take out a petition for the Convention?
- No
5. How many petitions can a Registered Democrat sign?
- As many as the spots that are available - for most counties, that would be 3 petitions.
6. What do we do if no one takes out a petition?
- The County EBoard can appoint the remaining slots.
6. What are the delegates doing at each event?
- At the Pre-Convention Caucus, they are giving the backing of the SDDP to the Constitutional Candidates (AG, SOS, Auditor, Treasurer, School and Public Lands, PUC)
- At the Convention, they are confirming the Constitutional Candidates, choosing the Lt. Governor and creating the SDDP Platform.
**Please call with any other questions!
We're also sending out the attached press release today and an email to our big list will go out tomorrow.
Erin
South Dakota Democratic Party
Executive Director
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