At the Republican Party State Organizing Convention on June 9, 2007, vote NO on the Article XII, Section 2C Party constitutional amendment. This amendment is being proposed to address delegate allocation issues involving new, redrawn, and growing precincts, and precincts with few Republican voters. But due to its wording and its relationship to other provisions in the Constitution, the amendment can adversely affect the allocation of delegates to your precinct. In addition, it takes away power from the grassroots by consolidating small precincts into a single meeting at the district or county level.

More specifically, the amendment is flawed for these reasons:

• It would create a second method based on “registered affiliated Republican voters” to allocate delegates to precincts. However, in contrast to the existing “relative Republican strength” method, the new method contains no requirement to proportionally allocate delegates to precincts based on Republican strength.



• Because the proposed method does not require proportional delegate allocation, it would allow other methods to be employed. These include the appointment and automatic assignment of delegates, instead of their election in your precinct.



• The amendment combines all small precincts at the district or county level. This consolidation of decision-making power is unnecessary. A grassroots alternative would be to combine small precincts with neighboring precincts.

The perceived advantages of the amendment are outweighed by its flaws. Ensure that your precinct receives its proportional share of delegates for election. Vote NO on the Article XII, Section 2C Constitutional Amendment!

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