Obama & Clinton Precinct Captains Are Not Precinct Chairs!

by: krwheaton

Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 01:30 AM CDT

There is a serious problem, in Harris County, in the Houston and surrounding Districts, happening with the Obama and Clinton people that signed on as Precinct Captains thinking that they are the Precinct Chairs. This was a problem at many of the Precinct Conventions on March 4th. Nobody was able to understand that only if there was no Precinct Chair, or one that wasn't able or willing to Chair their Precinct Convention, then could any other person present, conduct the convention.

Many of the captains came in and tried to take over the conventions. This happened to mine with two underaged captains that were not even eligible to vote but signed up anyway at the convention. I've spoken to others that this happened to as well, but they didn't know what to do and thought that HCDP sent them, which is what they were telling people at the conventions. These people are not the Precinct Chairs!

If you are elegible to vote, and voted in the Democratic Primary on March 4th, you may fill out the paperwork to become a Precinct Chair in May. Other than that, if there is a Precinct Chair in your precinct, then this is the person that you must run against in May. You will have to campaign against this person in the election to become the Precinct Chair.

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Becoming a precinct chair (0.00 / 0)

Because of the timing, it's not so easy to become a precinct chair as you describe. New precinct chairs were elected in the March 4 primary. The deadline to appear on the ballot was January 2. It is possible for the County Executive Committee to fill vacancies by appointment, but a problematic passage in the Texas Democratic Party Rules makes it hard to do this in large counties. Read about the effort to change the rules here.

by: MarkCamann @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 13:51:03 PM UTC

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Hm, I live in a large county and we've never had any problem (0.00 / 0)

filling our precinct chair vacancies. We have four quarterly CEC meetings and we vote them in then. I believe we usually have a quorum at our CEC meetings. Perhaps we've just gotten used to having them and so it's easier to get good turnout.

by: Crispini @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 16:49:24 PM UTC

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Filling Vacancies (0.00 / 0)

What county do you live in?
How many precincts are in it?
Have you looked at your sign in sheets to verify that you had 50%+1 precinct chairs at your meeting to vote in the new chairs? This is the number required by state law to fill the vacancy.

by: PCTCHAIR3083 @ Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 10:57:37 AM UTC

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I had a crazy Clinton support dog me the first hour insisting she was the precicnt chair. Fortunately I knew the election judge and some of the people at the convention knew I was the precinct chair. When she saw 400 people in the other room she slinked off into the corner.

by: bb1 @ Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 16:59:52 PM UTC

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