spacehabitats
04-09-2008, 06:27 PM
I know this may seem like pretty basic stuff, but believe me, people (especially libertarians like me ;)) mess this up ALL THE TIME. Make sure you understand how and why we are going to vote this way -- as a T-E-A-M.
(I will use the district conventions in Iowa as an example but the voting block principle works the same, even for a county convention.)
Hopefully every Iowa delegate on these forums has contacted or been contacted by an RP district coordinator by now.
Anyone interested in becoming a delegate to the Republican National Convention (RNC) should have notified their coordinator and should know if they have been selected by the group to be an RNC delegate candidate.
If not, try to communicate ASAP.
(In Iowa you have a choice of notifying the Chairman of the GOP district convention of your intention to run for RNC delegate OR you can wait until the convention to have someone nominate and second you.)
With 3 delegates and 3 alternates being selected from each district, each district should have a "slate" of 6 confirmed Ron Paul supporters who are ready willing and able to go to St Paul.
Why is this important to know ahead of time?
We need to coordinate our votes.
Unless your district has a clear majority of RP delegates (in which case I guess you could just vote them through as a slate all at once) you will want the voting to be done by a single ballot with each delegate voting for 6 names. The top 3 vote-getters would be the RNC delegates, the next 3 alternates.
If a stray RP delegate shows up who wants to go national but wasn't in on the development of the slate, let him vote for himself and 5 of the slate delegates. (Do NOT try to convince him to vote for ALL six and NOT vote for himself:eek:.)
With planning (and voting as a block) 30% of the delegates could theoretically take all 6 slots! Without planning (and splitting your votes) even a 70% majority could get zilch.
See why it is important to communicate?
Good luck!
(I will use the district conventions in Iowa as an example but the voting block principle works the same, even for a county convention.)
Hopefully every Iowa delegate on these forums has contacted or been contacted by an RP district coordinator by now.
Anyone interested in becoming a delegate to the Republican National Convention (RNC) should have notified their coordinator and should know if they have been selected by the group to be an RNC delegate candidate.
If not, try to communicate ASAP.
(In Iowa you have a choice of notifying the Chairman of the GOP district convention of your intention to run for RNC delegate OR you can wait until the convention to have someone nominate and second you.)
With 3 delegates and 3 alternates being selected from each district, each district should have a "slate" of 6 confirmed Ron Paul supporters who are ready willing and able to go to St Paul.
Why is this important to know ahead of time?
We need to coordinate our votes.
Unless your district has a clear majority of RP delegates (in which case I guess you could just vote them through as a slate all at once) you will want the voting to be done by a single ballot with each delegate voting for 6 names. The top 3 vote-getters would be the RNC delegates, the next 3 alternates.
If a stray RP delegate shows up who wants to go national but wasn't in on the development of the slate, let him vote for himself and 5 of the slate delegates. (Do NOT try to convince him to vote for ALL six and NOT vote for himself:eek:.)
With planning (and voting as a block) 30% of the delegates could theoretically take all 6 slots! Without planning (and splitting your votes) even a 70% majority could get zilch.
See why it is important to communicate?
Good luck!