What is a caucus?
A caucus is a political meeting of citizens within a designated neighborhood, or precinct. The neighborhood caucuses are where precinct officers and state and county delegates are elected by those in attendance. Those delegates will attend the county and state conventions and vote on the Republican candidates running for state wide and federal offices.
The House of Representatives seat in District 20 covers areas in both Davis and Salt Lake Counties and as such is voted on at the state convention by the state delegates we elect at the caucuses. A candidate who receives 60% of the delegate vote at convention is the automatic party nominee and goes straight to the general election in November with no primary election in June. If there are several candidates and none receives 60% of the delegate vote then the top two vote recipients will go to a primary election to be held on June 24, then the victor will move to the general election in November.
| Why attendance is important... or... Who has the power in Legislative District 20? | |
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28,587 15,738 7,225 2,206 575 38 |
general population in District 20 are registered voters (55% of population) general election voters (25% of population) primary election voters (8% of poplation) attended caucus (2% of population) state delegates (.1% of population) |
Who can attend?
- Anyone is welcome to attend. If you wish to participate (speak, nominate, vote, or become a delegate), you must be a registered Republican.
- Young adults who will be 18 on or before November 4 may also participate.
- You must be registered as a republican. There will be registration forms that can be completed at the caucus to either register to vote or identify republican party affiliation at the caucus.
How does it work?
- Candidates get friends and family to attend the caucus meetings. Those friends are elected as delegates committed to the candidate.
- If the candidate gets 60% of the delegate votes in convention, the candidateÕs name goes on to the ballot representing his party.
Sample agenda
- Encourage your friends and neighbors to attend the caucus, March 25, 7:00 pm.
- Decide if you want to be a state delegate.
- Take people with you to the meeting who are committed to vote for you.
- Have someone ready to nominate you or you can nominate yourself.
- Be ready to answer questions, "Why are you running?" etc.
- You may be asked to speak to your own personal views and even answer questions as to how you feel about specific issues or candidates.
- If the number of people nominated is equal to the number of delegate positions available to your precinct, the election process will be quick and easy. If, however, there are more people interested in running than there are positions available there will be a voting process held.
- Read the party platform.
So you want to be a delegate!
Before the party caucus:
- Welcome/signing the roll/introductions
- Call to order/prayer/pledge
- Read the County Platform
- Candidate information and/or visits
- Election of the precinct chair and other officers
- Nomination and election of county and state delegates (you can nominate yourself)
- Wrap-up and adjournment
What will you be expected to do?
- Expect lots of political mail. Read it.
- You will be expected to attend the state party convention on May 10th.
- Your attendance at the entire convention is vital. Many important decisions get made in the final hours.
- You will be expected to fulfill a two year term as a delegate. In the off years, you will have a vote on the party platform and party leadership.
Important dates
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March 25: April 12: May 10: June 24: November 4: |
Party caucuses Davis County Republican Convention, County Fairgrounds, Farmington State Republican Convention, UVU, Orem Primary Elections General Election |
What kind of time commitment will this require?
- Two hours for the caucus meeting on Tuesday, March 25th, 7:00 pm
- One day attendance at the county convention in April for county delegates.
- One day attendance at the state convention in May for state delegates.
- Serving as a state or county delegate is a two year term of service.
Want more info?
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State Republican party: Davis County Clerk: Davis Republican party: |
www.utgop.org www.co.davis.ut.us/clerkauditor www.davisgop.com |
Remember: In some districts March 25 = November 4!