Democratic Call to Caucus
Democratic Call to Caucus
New Kent Democratic Committee

Whereas, it is the duty of the New Kent Democratic Committee to issue the Call to Caucus for the purpose of electing 15 delegates
and 7 alternates to the 12th Congressional District Democratic Convention and the Virginia Democratic State Convention.
Now therefore be it resolved that the New Kent Democratic Committee hereby issues the Call to Caucus to convene an assembled
caucus from 7:30 until 8:30 on April 21, 2008 at 15801 Fern Lake Drive, Lanexa, Virginia for the sole purpose of electing 4 delegates
and 2 alternates to the 12th 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
    12, 2000, with the New Kent Democratic Committee Chair or his/her designee.
  2. Voluntary Administrative Fee: There shall be a voluntary administrative fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each person filing
    for delegate, payable to the New Kent Democratic Committee. Payment of this fee is completely voluntary. No statement is
    required in order to waive payment.
  3. Notice Requirements: The New Kent Democratic Committee shall 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 shall be published in a
    paid political advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation.
  4. Notice of the prefiling deadline for delegate and alternate positions shall 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.
  5. Conduct the Caucus: The doors to the Caucus will be opened at 7:00 p.m.. Check-in will occur between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.
    The doors to the caucus will be closed at 8:30 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.
  6. The Chair of the New Kent 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.

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 New Kent
Democratic Committee shall make every effort to ensure that the New Kent delegation is half-male and half-female.

Call Distribution: It shall be the duty of the New Kent Democratic Committee Chair to distribute a copy of the Call to Caucus.

It shall further be the duty of the New Kent Democratic Committee Chair to cause this Call to Caucus to be publicized through the
news media of New Kent as is feasible.
Adopted: March 24, 2008

Signed:_____________________________________________
Brenda L. Snyder, Chair, New Kent Democratic Committee
Authorized by the (Name) Democratic Party of Virginia

Sam Snyder
Chair, New Kent Democratic Committee
15801 Fern Lake Drive
Lanexa, VA  23089
(804) 966-7012
samsnyder@cox.net
NewKentDemocrats.com