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Here are some problems with automatic delegates:
Tooele Democrats allocate delegate positions
to gain an unfair advantage in Senate race
In 2002, the Tooele Democratic Party selected all of the county's state delegates from only one area of the county. Thus, nearly 40% of the Senate district's delegates came from an area representing only 4% of the district's population.

The proposed amendment enables this type of corruption by eliminating the current requirement to allocate all delegates to precincts based on Republican voting strength!

(Below are details of this race.)

Following the 2000 census, the legislature changed the boundaries for Senate District 12, such that two Democrat incumbent senators, Ron Allen and Millie Peterson, found themselves in the same district, battling for one seat.

  • Ron lived in Stansbury Park in Tooele County.
  • Millie lived in West Valley in Salt Lake County.


    • Tooele Democrats favored Ron Allen, so they set aside all of their seats (nearly 40% of the total) for delegates in the Stansbury Park area!

    Had Tooele County distributed their delegate seats evenly among their voting precincts, then Millie might well have won the election. Because Tooele's seats went to delegates in the Stansbury Park area, (where Ron was so popular), he won the election.

    This is the kind of mischief that could occur if county parties are given permission to do what is in their best interest.

  • Read the May 2, 2002, Deseret News account.
  • Read the May 3, 2002, Deseret News account.
  • Read the May 4, 2002, Salt Lake Tribune account.

    • Do you want the GOP to be like the Democrats?

  • Vote NO on this constitutional change proposal!


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    California Republican Party governed
    by automatic and appointed delegates
    The state of California has been dominated by Democrats for decades.

  • Liberal and anti-family social policies prevail.
  • Taxation is excessive.
  • Illegal immigration is rampant.
  • Gun controls are oppressive.
  • Crime rates are high.


    • The Republican Party in California is largely ineffective against the Democratic Party. It is governed exclusively by automatic and appointed committee members!

  • See the California GOP web site, About the GOP, Party Bylaws, Download the Bylaws, Bylaw 2.01.01.


    • Essentially, it says the following:

  • Elected officials are automatic members.
  • Each official appoints additional members.


    • Do you want the Utah GOP to end up like the California GOP?

  • Vote NO on this constitutional change proposal!


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    Delegate Allocation
    Such mischief could not occur if all delegates were allocated to the precinct level according to the Republican Voting Strength formula specified in our Party Constitution.
    Click here if you can help defeat this proposal.
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