Calling All Buckeyes! OHIO CAUCUS INFO!

(yes Ohio has a Caucus - Jan 3rd 2008)


Are you in Ohio?
Are you FROM Ohio?
Do you KNOW peeps IN Ohio?
Do you know ANYBODY with ANY kind of relation to Ohio?

YES? Then this is the thread for YOU!

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Visit THIS LINK on the DU-OH board!
Who's going to the Ohio Caucus?
We're causcusing to see who will REPRESENT our OH Districts at the
2008 Democratic Convention in Denver August 25 –28, 2008

Mucho info for Buckeyes!

Check in and leave yer details on the DU-OH thread.


LET'S DO IT!

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EVERYBODY ELSE: Check out YOUR local Dem party for how they allot YOUR STATE'S DELEGATES to the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver August 25 –28, 2008. Then COMMIT to BEING A DELEGATE for your US Congressional District! THEN POST what your find out to your DU-STATE FORUM.


IF YOU WANT CHANGE, BE CHANGE.
PARTICIPATE.
ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE.
POLITICS IS LOCAL.
ELECTIONS ARE LOCAL.
DO YOUR PART.
AFFECT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.


imbillorightsmanandiapprovethismessage
:patriot:


Time's running out! Get those Delegate Applications in NOW!

:rofl:

Sorry, but you have to find your own way to Denver.
AND pay for your own hotel and expenses.
There should be plenty of mixers to go to, though!
:toast:

Maybe you'll get to hold the state sign on the floor of the convention!
GO FOR IT!
:patriot:

The Caucus just elects the people who will represent the winner of the district in the primary...

So if you say run as a delegate for Edwards and he wins that district, you will be his representative in Denver for that district...

If he loses, you are not going to Denver, at least as a delegate...

You have no vote unless your candidate wins the primary election...

The last time they had an open Caucus meeting that I went to, back in 1996, local political figures stacked the meetings and won the right to represent at the convention...

In Ohio, each district is assigned so many delegates (4-7) PER CANDIDATE.
Delegates are assigned based on Popular Vote on Primary Day.

EX: In my district (OH-14) we get SIX.
So, if my candidate gets 15% of the popular vote,
then ONE of his delegates from my district goes to the Convention;
30% means TWO delegates go, and so forth.

Let's say the vote in MY District comes out like this:
Dodd 37% = 2 Delegates
Obama 31% = 2 Delegates
Kucinich 17% = 1 Delegate
All Others 15% = 0 Delegates

In 2004 Kerry and Edwards did not get enough votes in the primary election.
So we had to have a First-Ever Secondary Caucus to fill out our District's Delegation.
Such would be the case in my example above, to fill the sixth delegate.

Clear as mud, right?

So it's proportional, at least in Ohio.
See my post (above) on the DU-OH board for details and links.

Check with your local & state Dem Office to see what the rules are
in your area. In some states the Dem Central Committee chooses.
It's different everywhere.

:patriot:

bus loads of bodies.......

It's the little 2 minute speech that sometimes will win you a spot as a prospective delegate.

And let's not forget the "super delegates"........by the time they are given a spot....few are left for at large.


Yep, that's Ohio.

Sorry I can't post in the Ohio political forum. I'm still banned from posting there after the Brown-Hackett primary.

Will definitely look into the caucus.

Nice to "see" you! Been a long time!

Man, when was that Hackett dustup? 2005????
That's a LONG time-out!
:wow:
C'mon, mods! Get OVER IT!

~ ~ ~ ~
Maybe we can get a NE Ohio/Greater CLE OH DU holiday party going?
I keep getting Meetup invites to form a NE OH Meet-Up. Last I looked there musta been 40-50
who want to sign up. I'm not giving Meet-up any of MY $$$$, though!

BTW, are you in Stephanie's District?

Good luck at the Caucus!

imbillorightsmanandiapprovethismessage
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