On Tuesday (tomorrow) after the polls close at 7pm, a wonderful thing will be happening at your Texas polling place. It happens in every primary year and it is called the precinct convention or precinct caucus. Show up by 7:15pm and you can be a delegate for your precinct, electing the people from your precinct who will attend the county convention for your political party. If you show up, you will almost certainly have an excellent shot at getting to be a delegate as most precincts need to fill more delegate slots for the county convention than the number of people who show up for the precinct convention (except during very special presidential primary years like last time - this is not one of those years).
You can also bring a resolution that your precinct convention can vote on to see if your precinct wants to send it on to the county convention. This is the first step in the process of getting an issue you care about into your party's national platform. If you care about an issue and have an idea about what the government should be doing about it, write a resolution and submit it to your precinct convention. This is how democracy works!
Also, the Democratic State Convention will be held in Corpus Christi this summer! You could be a delegate if you get involved now! State conventions rock!
And remember to take your kids - it is so important for them to grow up watching democracy in action!
No comments:
Post a Comment