Election Schedule & Delegate Selection Plan

The San Antonio federal court today issued an election schedule order for a May 29, 2012 Primary. Below are some of the key dates:

Important Dates
March 2, 2012 March 9, 2012 April 9, 2012 Filing period re-opens. Filing period closes at 6 PM. For the elections for the Texas House and the Texas Senate, a person must be a continuous resident of the district from April 9, 2012 until the date of the General Election. April 14, 2012 General primary ballots should be mailed to voters subject to the Move Act on or before this date. Voter registration certificates should be issued to voters whose registration will be effective as of the date issued and whose name does not appear on the suspense list on or before this date. May 29, 2012 June 1, 2012 June 8 & 9, 2012 June 10, 2012 June 16, 2012 July 31, 2012 September 4-6, 2012 General Primary Election First day a voter can submit an application for an early mail ballot for the runoff Texas Democratic Party State Convention in Houston, TX Deadline for runoff primary candidates to withdraw from the ballot; 9 AM. Runoff ballots must have been mailed to voters on or before this date. General Primary Runoff Election Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC

April 25, 2012

Delegate Selection Plan

The Texas Democratic Party updated its Delegate Selection Plan to accommodate the changing election dates and to keep our state convention on June 8-9, 2012. You can download a copy of the TDPs Delegate Selection Plan here, and a summary of the proposed convention process here.

Highlights of the TDPs modified Delegate Selection Plan include:

County/Senate District Conventions The Texas Convention and Delegate Selection Process this year will skip precinct conventions and begin on April 21, 2012 at County/Senatorial District Conventions. County vs. SDEC Convention Counties totally contained within one senate district will hold county conventions; whereas counties having more than one or parts of more than one senate district will hold senatorial district conventions. Attendance Requirements The conventions will be open to any qualified voter who signs an oath of affiliation with the Democratic Party. Signers cannot vote or participate in another political partys process during this election cycle. Delegates Every participant who signs in is entitled to participate as a delegate and will count proportionately towards the percentage of delegates to the State Convention. Each sign-in will also count as a single vote in the participants senate district of residence. These single votes shall be tallied with all the other votes in the senate district to determine the percentage of the senate districts District Level Delegates to the Democratic National Convention.

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