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Call
The Tenth District Convention
Of the Republican Party of Virginia
Issued January 3, 2008
Appeared in Northern Virginia Daily January 4, 2008
Pursuant to the Plan of Organization
Republican Party of Virginia, as amended, I, James E. Rich, Chairman of
the Tenth District Republican Committee of the Republican Party of
Virginia, do hereby call a District Convention to be held at 10:00
o’clock a.m. on Saturday May 17, 2008, at Langley High School, 6520
Georgetown Pike, McLean, Virginia.
Registration shall begin at 8:30 o’clock
a.m. and close at 10:00 o’clock a.m. Everyone in line at 10:00 o’clock
a.m., the said closing time, shall be issued a number and registered.
Convention Committee meetings shall
begin no later than 8:30 o’clock a.m., and shall be held at the
convention site, but preliminary meetings may be held at such times and
dates as may be designated by the Convention Committee Chairmen.
The purpose of the District Convention
shall be:
i)
To elect a District
Chairman
ii)
To elect three Delegates
and three Alternate Delegates to the Republican National Convention in
Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota, beginning on September 1, 2008
iii)
To nominate one Elector to
be voted for in the Presidential Election of November 4, 2008.
iv)
To elect three members to
the State Central Committee.
Qualifications for
Participation
All legal and qualified voters,
regardless of race, religion, color, national origin or sex, under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, who are in accord with principles
of the Republican Party and who if requested express in open meeting
orally or in writing as may be required, their intent to support all of
its nominees for public office in the ensuing election, may participate
as members of the Republican Party of Virginia in its Mass Meetings,
Conventions or Primaries in their respective districts. No delegate or
applicant for delegate may be asked to comply with a pledge requirement
more than once. Unless pledge language has been approved by the U.S.
Department of Justice pursuant to the Voting Rights Act, such language
shall not be used.
Composition of
Convention
The District Convention shall be
composed of delegates of the respective cities and counties they
represent. Representation shall be based on a percentage of the total
number of Republican votes cast in each county and city in the last
gubernatorial and presidential election combined. Each unit is allowed
one delegate vote and one alternate vote for each 250 Republican votes
cast or major fraction thereof.
A delegation of this Convention is
entitled to send five delegates per delegate vote, but no delegate shall
have less than one-fifth of a vote. Each county or city shall be
entitled to at least one delegate and one alternate delegate. In the
absence of a vote to the contrary by a city or county committee, or in
absence of notification of said vote to the Chairman of the Credentials
Committee, it shall be deemed that each city or county unit is entitled
to a full vote. The number of delegate votes to which all participating
Election Districts are entitled is as follows:
Clarke
24
Fairfax 322
Fauquier 56
Frederick 120
Loudoun 352
Manassas 44
Manassas Park City 10
Prince William 68
Warren 54
Winchester 32
TOTAL 1082
Committees/Rules
Members of the Temporary Convention
Arrangements, Credentials, Nominations, Elections, and Rules Committees
shall be appointed by the 10th District Republican Committee
Chairman and shall meet in advance of the Convention (at the discretion
of the Temporary Chairman of each such Committee and the District
Chairman) to perform their duties subject to ratification by the
delegates present and voting at the Convention. The State Party Plan,
the Call of the Convention, and the Rules adopted by the Convention
shall take precedence in governing the Convention. Robert’s Rules of
Order, Newly Revised, shall also govern insofar as they do not
conflict with the State Party Plan, the Call of the Convention, and the
Convention Rules.
No Resolutions shall be permitted and
any motion to propose any resolution is out of order.
Candidate Filing
Requirements
All Candidates who desire to be
nominated at the 10th District Convention described herein
for the positions of Delegate or Alternate Delegate to the Republican
National Convention described herein and/or Elector to the Electoral
College shall pre-file in writing their intention for candidacy for said
offices with the District Chairman, James E. Rich, P. O. Box 1344,
Middleburg, Virginia 20118, not later than 5:00 o’clock p.m. on
January 25, 2008. Actual receipt is
required. Postmarks are not sufficient. Only those who so pre-file may
stand for election or nomination at this District Convention.
All Candidates who desire to be
nominated at the 10th District convention described herein
for the position of Chairman, 10th District Republican
Committee shall pre-file in writing their intention for candidacy for
said office including non-refundable $250.00 pre-filing fee, with the
District Chairman, James E. Rich, P.O. Box 1344, Middleburg, Virginia
20118, not later than 5:00 o’clock p.m. on January 25, 2008. Actual
receipt is required. Postmarks are not sufficient. Only those who so
pre-file may stand for election at this District Convention.
All Candidates who desire to be
nominated at the 10th District Convention described herein
for the position of State Central Committee shall pre-file in writing
their intention for candidacy for said office including a non-refundable
$100.00 pre-filing fee with the District Chairman James E. Rich, P. O.
Box 1344, Middleburg, Virginia 20118, not later than 5:00 o’clock p.m.
on January 25, 2008. Actual receipt is required. Postmarks are not
sufficient. Only those who so pre-file may stand for election at this
District Convention.
Certification of
Delegates
The delegates and alternate delegates to
the District Convention so elected shall be certified in writing with
their respective names, mailing addresses, email addresses, and
telephone numbers, over the signatures of the permanent chairman and the
permanent secretary of the county or city mass meeting, convention or
party canvass, as well as the signature of the current unit chairman.
Units shall also provide the above information in an electronic excel
spread sheet via email. The certification MUST BE DELIVERED AND
RECEIVED AT LEAST FOURTEEN (14) DAYS (NOT LATER THAN MAY 3, 2008) PRIOR
TO THE CONVENING OF THE DISTRICT CONVENTION TO BOTH THE DISTRICT
CHAIRMAN AND THE DISTRICT SECRETARY. Said certification shall be
sent to the address listed herein. After the filing deadline of the
certification, no change may be made except, notwithstanding the
foregoing, a certified alternate may be made a delegate.
A voluntary, non-refundable registration
fee of $15.00 is requested for each delegate and alternate to the
convention. CHECKS (MADE PAYABLE TO THE 10TH DISTRICT
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE) FOR SAID REGISTRATION FEE MUST ACCOMPANY THE
CERTIFICATION FOR EACH DELEGATION SENT TO THE DISTRICT CHAIRMAN, ALONG
WITH THE NAMES OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES WHO HAVE PAID SAID
REGISTRATION FEE. These fees are subject to the limits and
prohibitions of the Federal Election Campaign Act.
The full page of the newspaper
containing the published Call of the Mass Meeting, Convention or Party
Canvass, called for the purpose of selecting delegates and alternates to
the 10th District Convention, shall accompany the
certification. Certification shall be conveyed as required herein on
properly executed forms, provided by the District Chairman to:
Chairman,
10th District
AND
Secretary, 10th District
Republican
Committee
Republican Committee
P. O. Box 1344
P. O. Box F
Middleburg, Virginia
20118 The Plains,
Virginia 20198
In witness whereof, I have set my hand
this 3rd day of January, 2008.
James E. Rich
Chairman, 10th District
Republican Committee |
