What a terrific venue we will have for the State Committee Meeting (ALL Dems invited!) to elect our new State Chair!
Venue: The historic Wadsworth Auditorium located at 25 Jefferson Street, Newnan, GA It's the large building on the east side of Jefferson Street, if you take this link to Google Maps. Newnan is on the other side of Atlanta, 22 miles from the Perimeter down I-85.
When: Saturday August 31, check-in at noon, business starts at 1PM SHARP!
County Chairs, please encourage your State Committee Member(s) to attend, and bring along some local Dems. Maybe the county party can help them pay for their gas. Only SCMs will be able to vote, but there should be a lot of action to watch! Get there early and wander around Newnan and have some lunch.
Right now I know of four state chair candidates, but I think Dems have til Aug. 1 to declare their candidacies formally with the DPG. So far, RJ Hadley, Dubose Porter, Mary Squires, and Doug Stoner are running. I am backing RJ Hadley 100%.
If all goes as previous elections, this special election will proceed as follows:
1. SCMs will check in and receive special name tags and will probably sit in the front half of the auditorium. District 10, like the other 13 districts, will have a specially marked area for sitting. Guests will probably sit in the rear of the auditorium.
2. Business will start at 1PM sharp.
3. Each candidate will have a nominating person to speak probably three minutes or so, AND a seconding person to speak, probably about two minutes. Then, the candidate will speak, maybe five minutes. So, if we have five candidates, we are looking at about an hour and a half for speaches.
4. Voting will be by SCMs only, and they must be in their assigned seats, with guests in theirs. In the first round, we will each vote for one of the (whatever number of) candidates. The results will be announced. If no one gets more than 50%, the candidate with the lowest number is taken off the ballot, and we go again for another round of voting. This will continue till someone receives more than 50%. Could take several hours.
So be prepared with snacks for your blood sugar, water for your delicate kidneys, a book to fight boredom during vote counting, your i-phone to communicate with the rest of the world, and maybe an Attends if you simply don't want to miss anything.
Holler at me with questions.
County Chairs, please let me know if your SCM is not active or cannot attend this meeting.
Patsy
I am a Democrat.
I believe in Capitalism and Prosperity
I believe in a Strong Family Unit
I have a Deep Sense of Personal Responsibility
I AM a DEMOCRAT.
Morgan County, GA, History and Genealogy Books by Bonnie P. (Patsy) Harris
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