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Pa Precinct Project conference call announced!
There will be an conference call entitled, “Why the Precinct Project Needs You in 2012,” on Monday, Nov. 14, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. The call-in number is 724-444-7444 and call ID is 74375. This is an introduction to the Precinct Project that you don’t want to miss! We are using Talkshoe.com for this call. If [...]
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What Went Wrong with the GOP?
It is popular for politicians to talk about “reform.” They talk about reforming government and keeping politicians accountable. They don’t often tell you how they are going to do that, and change seems slow and hard to quantify. You don’t often hear politicians talk about reforming their own party or the political process or how [...]
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Election Day Workers
(from state GOP handbook) Election Day is the most important day of the year for committee people – the day when everything has to come together. It is the day that you must put every volunteer to work, and focus your efforts on just one thing: maximizing the Republican vote in your precinct. If you [...]
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Absentee Ballots
(from state GOP Handbook) Your most important responsibility is to turn out the Republican vote on Election Day. One of the keys to victory can be an aggressive push to encourage Republican voters who may not be in town on Election Day to vote by absentee ballot. More than one candidate has received fewer votes [...]
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Canvassing for Primary Elections
The State GOP Handbook leaves out some critical points about canvassing your precinct for the Primary Election (see also “Hijacking the Primaries” under the state committee topics.) Many voters underestimate the important of participating in Primary Elections. The Primary is where the party voters select their candidate that will compete for the popular vote in [...]
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Distributing Candidate information
Distributing Candidate Information (from state GOP handbook) One of your most important priorities is to know who the Republican candidates are and to keep your neighbors informed about the candidates in each election. You can get this information – as well as the candidate’s own literature – either from the county GOP committee, the candidates [...]
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Recruiting Volunteers
To be an effective committee person, you need volunteers. A few good “assistants” can make your job principally one of coordinating the efforts of your volunteers. You can find volunteers in many places: faithful Republican primary voters, members of GOP auxiliary groups such as the Young Republicans or the Council of Republican Women, donors and [...]
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Hijacking the Primaries, part 2
In February of 2010, the Pa Republican Committee (PRC) met in Harrisburg for their scheduled meeting. Prior to that, the 6 regional caucuses also had meetings and conducted “straw polls” to see which candidates for statewide offices were preferred. The PRC first voted whether or not to endorse, yes or no. We [...]
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Hijacking the Primary Elections
The Hijacking of Primary Elections (Jan. 2010) By Lois Kaneshiki (Lois@nb.net) I used to say that if you wait until the General Election in November, you are too late. The real contest is in the Primary, where the political parties, which are similar to private clubs, elect their candidates. Now I am going to [...]
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