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Propose Jail Diversion Resolution at Local Precinct Conventions

By Gritsforbreakfast

With Texas in play this year in the presidential primary, the fight for Texas' delegates will include precinct convention-level battles that will mark many people's first interaction with the nuts and bolts of a political party's internal process.Over at Burnt Orange Report, Mark Camann has a nice post describing the process of proposing a resolution at your party's precinct convention. I'd mentioned over the weekend that this year, at least on the Democratic side, committed voters can register their preference twice - once at the ballot box and once on election night at their local precinct convention.The resolution process is pretty much the same in both parties. Anyone who voted in the primary from that precinct can bring a resolution to the convention (held when the polls close at the location where you voted), and if a majority there support it, the resolution will be recommended to your county party for inclusion in the state platform...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 11, 2008 (boomark / email).