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Democratic Call to Caucus

Pulaski County, Virginia Democratic Committee

Whereas, it is the duty of the Pulaski County Democratic Committee to issue the Call to Caucus for the purpose of electing delegates and alternates to the 9th Congressional District Democratic Convention and the Virginia Democratic State Convention.

Now therefore be it resolved that the Pulaski County Democratic Committee hereby issues the Call to Caucus to convene an assembled caucus at 7:30 on Monday April 21, 2008 at the General District Courtroom at 45 Third Street, Pulaski, Virginia for the sole purpose of electing delegates and alternates to the 9th Congressional District Convention and the Virginia Democratic State Convention, and the following provisions shall govern the convention, to wit:

1.       Prefiling: Those wishing their names to be placed on the ballot at the Caucus shall prefile their candidacy by 5:00 p.m. April 16th, with  Elizabeth Chitwood, Democratic Committee Secretary.

2.  Voluntary Administrative Fee: There shall be a voluntary administrative fee of five dollars ($5.00) for each person filing for delegate, payable to the Pulaski County Democratic Committee.  Payment of this fee is completely voluntary.  No statement is required in order to waive payment.

3.  Notice Requirements: The Pulaski County Democratic Committee may cause to be published the time, date, and location of the Caucus at least 7 days prior to the Caucus, but not more than 2 weeks before the Caucus. All notices may be published in a paid political advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation.

Notice of the prefiling deadline for delegate and alternate positions may be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of at least 7 days before the prefiling deadline but not more than 2 weeks before the deadline.

4.  Conduct the Caucus: The doors to the Caucus will be opened at 7:00 p.m.  Check-in will occur between 7:00p.m. and 7:30 p.m.  The doors to the caucus will be closed at 7:30 p.m. and no further persons will be permitted to enter.  Those in line at noon will be permitted to complete the check-in process and will be permitted to participate.

The Chair of the Pulaski County Democratic Committee or his/her designee, shall be the Temporary Chair of the Caucus and shall appoint a Temporary Secretary and such other Temporary Officers of the Caucus as is deemed appropriate.  Until the adoption of the Rules, the order of the Caucus shall be determined by the Chair of the Caucus, subject to the approval of the Caucus participants, Robert’s Rules of Order, and the Virginia Democratic Party Plan.

5.       Affirmative Action: It shall be the duty of each local precinct Democratic chair and the members of each local Democratic Committee to take all feasible steps to encourage broad participation in the delegate selection process.  Discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, religion, ethnic identity or economic status in the delegate selection process is prohibited.  The Pulaski County Democratic Committee shall make every effort to ensure that the Pulaski County delegation is half-male and half-female.

6.       Call Distribution: It shall be the duty of the Pulaski County Democratic Committee Chair to distribute a copy of the Call to Caucus.

It shall further be the duty of the Pulaski County Democratic Committee Chair to cause this Call to Caucus to be publicized through the news media of Pulaski County as is feasible.

Adopted: March 29, 2008

Signed: K. Mike Fleenor, Jr.

K. Mike Fleenor, Jr., Chair

Authorized by the Pulaski County Democratic Party of Virginia