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OFFICIAL CALL
15TH HOUSE OF DELEGATES DISTRICT
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
JUNE 9,2007 AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
As Chairman of the Republican Legislative District Committee for the 15th House of Delegates District and pursuant to the Plan of Organization of the Republican Party of Virginia and as recommended and directed by-the 15th House of Delegates District Republican Committee, I, Vito Gentile, do hereby issue this call for a District Convention to be held on Saturday, June 9, 2007 at Central High School, Woodstock, Virginia, or at its alternate site, starting at 10 a.m. local time for the purposes of nominating a Republican Candidate for the 15th House of Delegates District in the November general election; and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the convention.
Qualifications tor Participation
All legal and qualified voters of the 15th House of Delegates District under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, regardless of race, religion, national origin or sex, who are in accord with the principles of the Republican Party and who, if requested, express in open meeting, either orally or in writing as may be required, their intent to support all of its nominees tor public office in the ensuing election, may participate as a member of the Republican Party of Virginia in its mass meetings, party canvasses, conventions, or primaries encompassing their respective election districts. All individuals desiring to participate in the Convention may be required to present some form of identification such as a voter registration card, driver’s license or other positive identification.
Composition of Convention
The Convention shall be composed of delegates and alternate delegates of the respective units they represent. Representation shall be based on a percentage of the total number of Republican votes cast in each county in the last gubernatorial and presidential election combined. Each unit is allowed one (1) Delegate Vote for each two hundred and fifty (250) Republican votes cast or a major portion thereof. Each unit shall be entitled to at least one (1) Delegate Vote. Up to five (5) delegates may be elected for each Delegate Vote. The delegates and alternate delegates, if any, shall be elected in county mass meetings, party canvases or conventions that shall be called for this purpose in conformity with the Plan of Organization of the Republican Party of Virginia by each unit committee. The mass meetings, party canvasses or conventions shall be held no earlier than May 4, 2007 and not later than June 2, 2007.
Certification of Delegates
The delegates present in a given delegation shall designate which alternate delegates shall vote in the place of an absent delegate, if applicable, except where the electing body electing the delegates has determined another method of alternate delegate selection. The said delegates and alternates to the District Convention so elected shaft be certified in writing with their respective names and addressees including zip codes over the signatures of the permanent chairman and permanent secretary of the unit mass meeting or convention or of the unit chairman of the unit committee which may have conducted a party canvass to select the delegates and alternate delegates.
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