Caucus Meeting is tonight!
Bennion Jr. High School, 6055 South 2700 West
Here is some last-minute information.
There will be a food drive. Please bring a can or other
nonperishable food which will be donated to the Utah Food Bank. The Salt Lake
County Republican Party has a Compassionate Service Committee, and this is one
of their projects. I just learned of this last night.
Also please prepare to make donations to the Republican
Party. They need money to operate and to elect Republicans. They are conservative
with their money. Wherever possible they have decided to use printed materials
from 2020 when Caucus Meetings were cancelled due to COVID. This saved the
expense of printing new materials.
Consider joining the Elephant Club. I am a member. You
commit to make a monthly donation that is automatically taken from your credit
card. The Elephant Club was very helpful at the last election, especially since
we didn’t have the funds that would have been donated at the caucus meeting that
was cancelled. (insert link)
When you file your state income taxes, please check the box
for donations to the Republican party. Money has already been set aside in the
state budget for this. We might as well use it.
Tonight’s meeting starts at 7:00 PM, BUT you need to go
early to get registered. Registration starts at 6:00 PM. You will need to show
your driver’s license and the QR code on the back will be scanned. This will verify
that you are a registered Republican. Then you will be issued a wristband and
told where our precinct will meet. You can register as a Republican tonight if
necessary. You can also register without your driver's license, but you will
need to go to the Help Desk for that.
Next go to the auditorium where the Caucus Meeting will
start. We will have the prayer, the pledge of allegiance and the reading of the
platform there. Then we will separate to the individual precincts for the rest
of the agenda. The main business of this meeting is to elect new precinct
officers (chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer) and 3 county delegates and 2
state delegates.
The County Convention is April 8. The State Convention is
April 23.
I am hoping for an efficient election process. If you want
to talk politics we can do that after the balloting. But in the case of
multiple ballots it is important to complete the election before people start
leaving the meeting.
If you are planning of running to be a delegate, be prepared
to tell the group which candidates and policies you are leaning towards. Also,
if there is any question whether you can attend the conventions, do not run as
a delegate. Also, you must give your contact information so that candidates can
contact you. The job of a delegate is to vet the candidates and ask questions
and study the issues. You will be doing this on behalf of the rest of us. We
appreciate this service.
I want to thank Lorraine College, Glade Hatch, Helen Corena
for representing us the last four years. Because of COVID their terms were
extended. Some of the conventions were held virtually. Vetting of candidates
was also virtual via Zoom and Facebook Live. I also served as a county and
state delegate because I appointed myself to replace delegates who moved.
That is all for now. I might write more later today. I hope
we have a successful precinct meeting tonight.
Jeanette Drake
