Precinct Chairs - Elected Office For Everyone

Keller May 29th, 2012 Election Results No surprises here – President Obama dominated the ballot for Democratic Presidential Nominee both in our precinct, and state wide. In the Senatorial Primary, Paul Sadler secured the Democratic nomination; and will the be on the ballot for the open US Senate seat for Texas in November. Keller May 29th, 2012 Election Prelude Early voting for our Precinct occurs – as usual – upstairs in Keller Town Hall – 1100 Bear Creek Parkway Keller, Texas 76248.  Note that only the early voting actually happens at Town Hall, if you decide to vote the day [...] Read more »

While they don’t get as much attention as the Presidential race in the election cycle, there are several extremely competitive Senate races occurring in 2012.  With the Democratic majority in the Senate at risk, it is important that Democrats win as many of these races as possible. If you want to help our cause, there are few better ways to do so than to contribute to the Democratic candidate in these races.  This is something you can do even if you don’t live in their state! One important race is in Massachusetts, where Elizabeth Warren is up against Republican Scott [...] Read more »

Once you have been elected – or appointed – as a precinct chair, there are several different privileges and responsibilities that you gain and should attempt to fulfill. In the next few posts I will provide detailed information on each of these, but to start with I will briefly list them. Precinct Chair Responsibilities Seek Out Training Opportunities Many of the tasks a good precinct chair should perform may seem rather intimidating at first.  A lot of them can involve a fair amount of interaction with strangers, which can be a little nerve wracking if you have not done a [...] Read more »

There are two ways in which one can become the precinct chair for your neighborhood. If your precinct currently does not have a precinct chair, then you are able to apply (note that I am assuming you are registered to vote; if you are not, then register to vote first!) to the leadership of your party in your County to fill the position; if there is already a chair then you can run against them for the position in the next election. Before exploring these options however, you need to know things. First you need to figure out what your [...] Read more »

State conventions for the two major political parties are the place where – in presidential election years – the state party determines who will represent the state at the National convention later in the election season. While the number of delegates (and also alternate delegates) assigned to each state is set by the party at the National level, the state determines who those people will be.  The voting to fill those National level delegate spots is done by the delegates sent to the state convention by the County or Senatorial District conventions held prior to the respective parties’ State conventions. [...] Read more »