Precinct Convention and Delegate Selection
Information
As reprinted from the Texas Democratic Party Website
The Precinct Conventions are the first step in the
Texas Democratic Party's convention process, which
will ultimately determine Texas' delegates to the Democratic
National Convention, where the next President of the
United States will be nominated.
Date: March 4th, 2008
Time: 7:15pm or after the last voter casts his or
her ballot, whichever is later.
Place: Your Precinct Polling Location (the place where
you would vote on election day)
Who: Anyone who votes in the Democratic Primary that
day (or during the early voting period).
Why: To elect delegates to the County or Senatorial
District convention
The Texas Democratic Party has a three-level convention
system:
Level 1. Precinct Conventions
Level 2. County Conventions (or Senatorial District
Conventions in urban areas)
Level 3. State Convention.
Those who attend their Precinct Convention will elect
delegates to the County/Senatorial Convention; those
who attend their County/Senatorial Convention will
elect delegates to the State Convention. Those who
attend the State Convention will elect delegates to
the National Convention.
There will be a sign at the polling place telling
exactly where the convention will be held. If you can't
find a sign, ask your election clerk where the convention
will be held.
The convention begins at 7:15 p.m. when the Precinct
Chair calls the convention to order. The order of business
at the precinct convention is outlined in the minutes.
We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the minutes
so that you will understand how the precinct convention
will be conducted.
The needed materials will be given to the election
judge for your precinct and the judge will give them
to the Precinct Chair when they arrive at the polling
location. If the Precinct Chair is absent at 7:15pm,
anyone participating may start the meeting.
The Delegate Selection
process can be a bit complicated.
Please refer to the Delegate
Selection Plan and the
Delegate Selection
Training documents.
Clicking will download the document to your desktop.
For additional materials on the Precinct Convention
please visit this
link and scroll to the bottom of
the page.
