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Precinct Caucus and District Meeting Locations
How does the "Grass Roots" political process work?
If you leave out the declaration for a party you skip down to the Vote Primary and Vote State/National you do not get to participate in any of the other parts of this list. You will have missed the "Grass Roots".
In the Republican Party, all things begin with the people. Any registered voter is eligible to join the Republican Party. All of these registered Republican voters (you must have lived in the precinct twenty-nine days) are eligible to attend their Republican Precinct Caucus which is held on the second Tuesday of April in even-numbered years at a private or public place in or close to the precinct as determined by the county central committee and posted in accordance with the state law.
In order to vote at any caucus, assembly or convention of a political party, the elector shall:
- Have registered to vote no later than 29 days before
- Have been a resident of precinct for 30 days prior to caucus
- Have been affiliated with the political party holding the caucus for at least 2 months prior to caucus
- Exception: If voter attained 18 years of age or was naturalized during the 2 months immediately proceeding the caucus, can still participate
Note: A voter who moves from the precinct where registered during the 29 days prior to any caucus shall become ineligible to serve as a delegate from that precinct.
A precinct is the smallest political geographic area. It is an election district of neighborhood/town/township with fixed boundaries. Most of the time it is considered like a neighborhood with neighbors (belonging to the same political party) having a meeting (caucus) to discuss candidates and policies. Find Your District
The Precinct Caucuses are the fundamental, and in many ways the most powerful, organizations within the Republican Party. They are the doorways to all other aspects of the Republican Party. If it doesn't happen in a Precinct Caucus, it just doesn't happen! Those Republican Party voters who attend the Precinct Caucus do the following:
The County Clerk and Recorder divides Weld County into ninety-seven precincts. These precincts are grouped together into the next larger political geographic area, called a District. Weld County is divided by the Republican Central Committee into twelve districts, each with a letter designation,
A thru L.
District meetings are held on the same day and time in each district no later than the second Saturday after the Precinct Caucus. Only the elected delegates from the precincts may vote. The District Captain shall run the meeting. At the District meeting you elect all of the delegates and alternates allotted to the district for the:
* State Assembly/Convention
* Fourth U.S. Congressional District Assembly/Convention
* Two alternates for the State Assembly/Convention
* Two alternates for the Congressional District
Next in the process is the County Convention/Assembly, which by Republican State Committee bylaws shall be held not less than ten days nor more than thirty days after the precinct caucuses at the time and place decided by the county central committee. This assembly and/or convention can also be the assembly for any state senatorial or house district that lies wholly within the county. The county assembly shall ratify the list of committee people and a certified list will be filed with the County Clerk and Recorder. The precinct delegates or alternates will vote on candidates and party business. Nominations for candidates for office will be made and the delegates will vote on the candidates. Some offices will be uncontested and some will have several candidates nominated and end up with only one that will go on the ballot in November. Some offices will have several candidates that end up without a clear cut winner and they will go on the Primary ballot for the citizens to vote for the candidate they prefer to run for the office on the November ballot.
Now we go out of the county and on to the State and Congressional Conventions/Assemblies The Congressional is generally the day before the State. At both meetings the delegates vote on party business and the candidates like they did at the county. Some candidates go straight to the November ballot and some must go to the Primary ballot.
You guessed it--on to the National Convention. More pomp and circumstance etc., but basically another political Convention/Assembly. More balloons, more confetti, more people--remember back at the beginning when we said in the Republican Party all things begin with people it also ends with people. People who started this journey at the "Grass Roots".