Denver GOP HD7 - OFFICIAL BLOG

The Denver County Republican Party Central Committee meets next Saturday, February 9th, 2013, from 8am to 1pm, at Hill Middle School, 451 Clermont Street, in Denver. There were at least two different Calls (meeting notices) sent out by the County Chair to Precinct Committee People (PCPs) by way of email and/or snail mail on different dates (January 9th and January 29th) and this post will attempt to summarize the most up-to-date information available.

Any member of the public is welcome to attend and observe these meetings. This is a great opportunity to see the party in action and meet grassroots TEA party conservative libertarian activists, as well as candidates for public office. However, only eligible members can vote and participate (raise motions) in the meetings. Eligible members include PCPs and those in other leadership positions, such as District Captains, although this varies in each individual meeting, depending on the Bylaws. See the 2011-02-14 Denver County Republican Party Bylaws - scanned with Index (PDF) and the 2011-09-24 Colorado State Republican Party Bylaws (PDF) for details, particularly Appendix B-2 of the State Bylaws for single-county districts -- which covers most of the State Senate District and State House District meetings in Denver. (HD7 is entirely within SD33 and both are entirely within Denver County.)

Credentialing begins at 8am and will be shut down COMPLETELY at 8:40am. It is important that any PCPs be there on time as there may be no opportunity allowed to amend the credentials report later on. If you are a PCP and cannot make it to the meeting, then you may fill out a Denver County Proxy Form for District Captain elections (PDF) so that another eligible member can vote for your choices for District Captains, per County Bylaws Section 9.2. Proxies are not allowed to vote for any other leadership position, and any PCP may challenge the proxy so be sure to obtain witness signatures on the forms and make sure that residency is not an issue. (Per State Statutes 1-2-102(f) you are a resident of your precinct for thirty (30) days after you move somewhere else in the state. See the Colorado Secretary of State's copy of Title 1 (EXTERNAL PDF) for more details.)

Any registered Republican in Denver can run for a leadership position. You just need to live in the District that you want to run in and find an eligible voting member to nominate you -- such as a PCP. The positions to be elected at each meeting are as a follows (and hopefully in this order and location inside the school):

1. County Central Committee. Auditorium. Chairman, Vice Chairman (3 positions) and Secretary of Denver County Republican Central Committee. This will be a pre-printed ballot likely distributed at check-in -- make sure you ask for a ballot at check-in as replacements can be hard to come by. To see that your name is included on the ballot, please email the current County Party Secretary by Tuesday, February 5th: secretary at denvergop.org and also include some info about your candidacy as this will be emailed to all of the PCPs on Wednesday, February 6th.
2. State Senate District. Auditorium and/or class rooms. Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Vacancy Committee members of the State Senate Republican Central Committee. People in these positions help recruit and nominate Republicans for the Colorado State Senate.
3. State House District. Class rooms and/or auditorium. Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Vacancy Committee members of the State House Republican Central Committee. People in these positions help recruit and nominate Republicans for the Colorado State House.
4. State House District - County Level Organization. Class rooms and/or auditorium. Several elections:
   • District Captain (2 per District) and District Secretary. Help run the day-to-day District affairs, such as growing the party through recruitment of new PCPs.
   • Bonus Member(s) to the State Central Committee. These Bonus Members will elect State Officers on March 2nd. (The Colorado Statesman recently posted an article on the upcoming State Officer elections.)
   • Bonus Member(s) to the 1st Congressional Central Committee. These Bonus Members will elect Congressional District officers on March 2nd.
   • Bonus Member(s) to the 2nd Judicial Central Committee. These Bonus Members will elect Judicial District officers immediately following all of the other District meetings in a meeting back in the auditorium of Hill Middle School.

There's a great letter to the Colorado state Chair of the GOP from the Vice Chair of the Boulder County Republicans asking a lot of questions about the future of the party. One particular edifying passage refers back to the disputed voice votes at the national convention in August. While the lack of recognition of such equally-loud yeas and nays is not unique to either major party, it does seem to be unique to our day and age, and it shuns almost 2,500 years of parliamentary procedure. The first call to what we now refer to as a Division of the Assembly was recognized by the historian Thucydides, of ancient Greece, circa 460-400 BC, as occurring in the run-up to a battle with Athens during the Peloponnesian War, per Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised (11th ed.), p. xxx.

Mail-in voting begins in just a couple of weeks, so please accept our invite to come out and meet your Republican candidates for the state house and state senate at our next HD7 meeting on Monday, October 8, at the Islamorada Fish Company Restaurant inside of Bass Pro Shops in Stapleton. Social 6:30pm, business 7pm.

Travis French is the Republican candidate for Colorado State House District 7, a resident of Green Valley Ranch and professional chef downtown. He is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University and is an assistant instructor at Stir Cooking School in the Highlands neighborhood.

Jason DeBerry is the Republican candidate for Colorado State Senate District 33, a resident of Parkfield and works at DIA. He is a Colorado native and married with three daughters who attend Denver Public Schools.

There's lots of great candidates in HD7 you can choose to vote for in the June 26, 2012, Republican Primary. It's probably too late to mail your ballot, but you can drop ballots off at one of the Voter Service Centers such as the Montbello Recreation Center, 15555 E 53rd Ave (just east of Chambers Rd.) Saturday 6/23 or Monday 6/25 from 11:00am-6:00pm, or Tuesday 6/26 from 7:00am-7:00pm.

Federal - Congressional District 1

1. Richard Murphy
2. Danny Stroud

Statewide - CU Regent At-Large

1. Matt Arnold
2. Bryan Davidson

State legislature - Senate District 33

1. Jason DeBerry

State legislature - House District 7

1. Travis French

Tuesday May 1st East High School, 1600 City Park Esplanade, Denver

BEGIN COPY FROM THE CALL:

Check-in begins 6:30pm, meeting begins prompty at 7:00pm.

The principal purposes of the special Central Committee meeting will be:

• To elect a Chairman of the Denver Republican Party to fill the vacancy in the office of Chairman occasioned by the resignation of Danny Stroud, now a candidate for the United States Congress for the 1st Congressional District, effective April 15, 2012;
• To elect such district captains and other district officers as may be required in each of the respective organizational district officers of the Denver Republican Party as may be required as a result of vacancies; and
• To conduct all other business that may properly come before the Denver County Republican Central Committee and each of the respective district organizations.

END COPY FROM THE CALL.

Every Precinct Committeeperson gets one vote -- in person, no proxies allowed.

Interested in running for County Chairman ? Or being a Precinct Committeeperson ? Contact Us !

Parking is going to be difficult at the State Assembly on Saturday. You might consider driving to a park-n-ride, then catching the light rail (Routes E, F, H) to the University of Denver. Check-in starts at 7am Saturday!

• Click HERE for Light Rail Routes
• Click HERE for DU Parking Map (PDF)
• Click HERE for CD-1 Proposed Rules (PDF)
• Click HERE for 2012 State Resolutions to Consider (PDF)

We'll be distributing HD7 badges for CD-1 & State Assemblies CORRECTION 4/9/12 : State Assembly Only - the CD-1 pickup will be Friday at 1pm - on Monday, April 9, at the HD7 meeting at 7pm at the Islamorada restaurant inside BassPro in Stapleton - but only to people who paid the badge fees. You can pay online at Denver GOP . org with a credit card up until 1pm Thursday, April 12.

In other Districts, they are handing out badges at the virtual county HQ office at I-25 & Colorado - 3900 E. Mexico Ave. - a 30+ minute ride from most of HD7 - at the following times:

• Monday, April 9, 2-4 PM
• Tuesday, April 10, 5-6 PM

Any credentials/badges remaining -- or otherwise not arranged to be picked-up - will be distributed starting no later than 1pm at the CD-1 Assembly on Friday, April 13th, downtown at the Convention Center. But you'll need to bring a checkbook that day to get your credential/badge (if you did not already pay.) The county will not be distributing badges on Saturday, April 14th. Please contact your District Captains for alternate arrangements, payment concerns, etc.

Related, those wishing to attend the National Convention in Tampa by way of the CD-1 Convention in Denver might like to read the CD1 Bylaws for 2012 (PDF). Or, to skip to one important consideration suitable for FAQ status on a potential future CD-1 web site: in Article IX Section 6 Item b, there is a requirement that District Captains certify your attendance at caucus, in writing. In HD7, this will be done for you using the following form: CD1 caucus attendance certification form (PDF)

Other Districts may have other procedures, but pro-actively pursuing your candidacy for National Delegate according to the various party rules & bylaws is encouraged. Such as:

• No stickers/taping up papers at State, but literature will be allowed both inside & outside the DU Ritchie Center / Magness Arena. Heads up on DU parking/transportation for State Assembly right HERE.
• Make use of your 50 word essay opportunity up on the State party website National Delegate Page by emailing it to info@cologop.org before 5pm Wednesday, April 11
• No outside food allowed inside CD-1 or State venues -- empty water bottles OK.

Also, guest passes are now available for the State convention, and a number of volunteer opportunities exist at both CD-1 & State Assemblies/Conventions.

COLORADO HISPANIC REPUBLICANS APRIL MEET-AND-GREET

GUEST SPEAKER:

FORMER VICE CHAIR TO THE COLORADO STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY LEONDRAY GHOLSTON

Please join us as he explains…

“How the Electoral College works and why it is so important to the fairness and function of our Republic”

EL SEÑOR SOL-TAPAS RESTAURANT 2301 7th STREET DENVER, CO 80218 (303-455-2500) Thursday, April 12th Social time begins @ 6:30 PM

Bring your friends and kindly RSVP to: j.rodriguez@coloradohispanicrepublicans.org

Please visit us @ www.coloradohispanicrepublicans.org

Congratulations to those elected from the Denver County Republican Convention yesterday to higher-level Assemblies/Conventions!

CD1 Delegates:

• Elizabeth Buchanan
• Raymon Doane
• Jane Henninger
• Joshua Hursa
• Richard Murphy
• Lynn Reid
• Michael Siedlecki
• Matthew Susser
• Aaron Tucson

CD1 Alternates:

1. Mark Adams
2. Jesse Wallace
3. Angela Gray
4. Jay Kucera
5. Christine Ries

State Delegates:

• Mark Adams
• Elizabeth Buchanan
• Raymon Doane
• Donald Henninger
• Jane Henninger
• Michael Loftin
• Richard Murphy
• Aaron Tucson
• Joshua Raines

State Alternates:

1. Joshua Hursa
2. Angela Gray
3. Jay Kucera
4. Oneill Quinlan
5. Jesse Wallace