[Voterescue] [CORRECTION!!! about Take this Resolution to your County Party Office TODAY!]

Thu Feb 21 17:37:43 CST 2008

Hey, everybody,

*My apologies* for the misleading information I sent out earlier today 
about the Resolution.  Daniel Melder in Lampasas County wrote back and 
clarified what I was supposed to have said, but didn't.

*Bottom Line:*  Resolutions CAN be introduced by anyone at the precinct 
conventions on Election Night.  The point about tomorrow's deadline is 
about getting your party's county office to distribute the Resolution to 
ALL the precincts for us, just as Daniel surmised below.  And all county 
party offices may not be offering this "service" which is what you are 
really checking about by tomorrow.  When you check, be sure to find out 
how  many copies they need to cover all of the precincts in your county. 
For example, the Travis County Democratic Party has told people they 
should bring 250 total copies.

Sorry again about the confusion I have caused!  This is a great example 
of the importance of replying to the mailing list if something that is 
sent out seems wacky.

Karen

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [Voterescue] Take this Resolution to your County Party 
Office TODAY!
Date: 	Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:34:36 -0600
From: 	Daniel Melder <daniel.melder at gmail.com>
To: 	karen at voterescue.org
References: 	<47BDAFB1.6070000 at voterescue.org>

Karen:

Whoever told you there is some sort of deadline for the submission of 
resolutions apparently doesn't have a complete understanding of the 
process. Any resolution can be introduced from the floor by any 
Democratic primary voter attending his or her precinct convention on the 
night of the convention. It is my understanding that the same is true 
for resolutions brought by duly elected delegates to the county, state, 
and national conventions. With that said, it is also true that having a 
resolution passed by each convention level does give it a better chance 
of actually being heard at the next level. I do not know the rules for 
the Republicans, but I'm pretty sure they're almost identical.

The deadline you were told about, I assume, is likely a production 
deadline. The Travis County Democratic Party, unlike most county 
parties, collects as many resolutions as it can before the precinct 
conventions and assembles them into packets which are then distributed 
along with the election supplies for each precinct. It's a nice thing to 
do, and it does help streamline the convention process, but it's not a 
requirement. It's also not binding on individual precinct convention goers.

So, in the long and short of it, keeping with the deadline you were told 
about will help in getting your resolutions sent to every precinct 
convention. Failing to do so, however, does not mean they can't be heard 
but will require you to depend on having someone willing to bring it to 
each and every precinct. I will bring them to my precinct convention, 
and I'm sure they'll advance on to the county convention from there.

Thanks,

Daniel Melder
County Chair-Elect
Lampasas County Democratic Party

Karen Renick wrote:
> *VoteRescuers!*
>
> We just found out at our meeting on Tuesday night /(thanks to Rodney 
> Florence!)/ that *the deadline for submitting a resolution* for 
> consideration at the Democratic Precinct Conventions in every precinct 
> in Travis County on Election Day (March 4th) *is TOMORROW*, *Friday, 
> February 22.*  We are submitting the attached resolution to BOTH the 
> Democratic and Republican Travis County party offices today, so 
> *Travis County is covered*.
>
> However, *if you live in ANOTHER county, please look into submitting 
> this resolution to both the Dem and Rep parties before the deadline 
> which is probably tomorrow*, as well.  I have attached pdf copies of 
> the resolution for both parties that have a blank _____________in the 
> text where you can add the name of your county (by hand) before your 
> run off the copies you probably have to deliver by tomorrow - but 
> don't assume it's tomorrow.../*call _today_!*/
>
> *TRAVIS COUNTY VOTERS:*
> Even though Travis County is covered, I have attached pdfs of both the 
> Dem and Rep resolutions so that those of you who live in Travis County 
> can make additional copies (20?) and carry them to your respective 
> Precinct Conventions at 7 pm on Election Day back at your polling 
> place /where you voted/. If you voted earlier, you can still attend 
> the precinct convention at your assigned precinct polling place.  By 
> having extra copies, you can pass them out to everyone attending so 
> they can read it easily.  Otherwise there will be only 2 copies sent 
> by the party county office for everyone to share. *: (*
>
> *"OTHER" COUNTY VOTERS:*
> For all of you in other counties, please do the same thing and make 
> extra copies to take with you to you precinct conventions, too.  It is 
> at these mini "conventions" that delegates are selected to go on to 
> the County Convention and resolutions are voted on to be sent up the 
> party food chain - first stop the county convention.
>
> Let's see how many of our resolutions can make it to the county 
> conventions for both parties, and then, who knows?  Maybe it will move 
> on to the state convention and then to national!  All we can do is try.
>
> *So, PLEASE go to your precinct convention after the polls close at 7 
> pm on Election Day and support our (not just VoteRescue's, but our 
> growing coalition, Texans for /_REAL_/ Elections') **/Resolution for 
> Open and Honest Elections and Public Ownership of Elections./*
>
> If you have questions, please call me at 496-7408.
>
> Karen Renick
>
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