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PCP Re-Cap and info , part 7 Posted by ChadSweigert

Posted 01/10/10

For information about running for local office, please contact your county board of elections. A list of county contact information is available o the Pennsylvania Department of States website: http://www.dos.state.pa.us/elections

If you are intrested in attending a Precinct Committee Person class in or around Lebanon County, please do not hesitate to contact me. My phone number is 717-507-6159 and my email address is chadsweigert@gmail.com. The kind woman who hosts the class is Laurel Lynn Petolicchio, a successful Precinct Committee Person who has served the West Jackson Twp in Lebanon County and strives to educate our residents for a better Lebanon County and Political Election process ensuring activity and accountability.

Election day - Setting up for success , part 6 Posted by ChadSweigert

Posted 01/10/10

Cover your poll. If voters see you at the polls every election, they will get to know and trust you. If you cant cover the poll all day, make sure that a person is there in your place. Always have voter registration cards available. You never know when someone will stop in and sign up. Polls open at 7:00am and close at 8:00pm. Be there early to set up your display, signs and get organized! Remember, you may not be closer than 10 feet from the polling place entrance. If you have questions, dont hesitate to ask the local judge of elections serving in the poll.

Hand outs! Most voters will give you around 3 seconds of time at the poll, so anything too wordy or overpowering will not accomplish your goal. Usually the county headquarters will provide you with palm cards or you can simply make up handouts yourself.

Signs and Displays! Always have a table or an A-frame board with a sample ballot and information on candidates. Be creative. The object is to get voters who are undecided to slow down and consider the candidates you represent. The county headquarters should be able to supply you with signs for the polls or even candidates themselves will have them for you.

Your Appearance matters, always remember that you represent the party so dress well, smell nice, and be well groomed. You will be the face of the party in your local area and first impressions matter.

Control your behavior. Don't ever uner any circumstances allow anyone to goad you into a heated argument at the polls. This is a waste of your time and will take you away from undecided voters who you need to reach. If a person persists in picking a fight, take off your buttons and quietly enter the poll and request that a judge of elections either ask the person to stop or call the police. Report such incidents to the county headquarters as well!

Pre-Election: Setting up for success , part 5 Posted by ChadSweigert

Posted 01/10/10

Know your precinct and the people in it. Good communication with the voters is the best way to promote the party and to represent your voters. This can be doe by petition circulating, voter registration, going to all registered party voters and letting them know you are a PCP, as well as a newsletter or literature drops. When they realize you are really intrested in representing them they will begin to rely on you for information about candidates and political issues.

Use your street lists or a card system to track your voters and what issues are important to them. That way when you talk to them again, you will know where they stand.

Voter Registration: It is the key to success in politics. Make sure every available voter in you precinct ihas been given the opportunity to register with your party. If you are unsure of how to do this or what the restrictions are, please contact you localcourthouse elections board. They should help you out.

Prepare for Elections: Get street lists, ballots, signs for earlydistribution and for your localpoll on election day.

Inform your Voters: Your precinct will have a higher turn out if they know who is running and what they stand for. Getting information out doesn't have to be fancy. It could be getting some local kids to deliver homemade newsletters to doors in your precinct.

I got elected! Now what? , part 4 Posted by ChadSweigert

Posted 01/10/10

Get to know your precinct. Get to know th evoters in your precinct: organize social events for the precinct, send out literature or make phone calls, and just keep in touch with your voters. Do an opinion poll to fid out what your voters think about issues. Encourage others to join in the cause in restoring our representative republic to what it should be. Become familiar with the issues of concern in your neighborhood. Locate volunteers willing to help you.

Attend district meetings. Each district in the county has committee meetings. These meetings are a way to meet other PCP's and will give you a chance to meet candidates that are considering running for a public office. This is also the place to start voicing the principals that are important for elected officials to remember. It is important to remember you are not here to make friends but to represent your voters in your precinct.

Help candidates get elected. There are lots of ways you can get involved: Helping to organize events, distributing literature, posting signs and flyers, canvassing voters and registering new voters. You're the expert in your neighborhood.

County Committee meetings. Committee members all meet for a county wide meeting twice a year at the least. The first time is to organize and elect a county chairman and officers. It is advisable to get to know who is running for these seats ahead of time so you can vote with knowledge and if you dont like the candidates for those offices, consider running someone you do like.

How to get elected to PCP , part 3 Posted by ChadSweigert

Posted 01/09/10

First, pay a visit to your county court house. You want to go to the department of Elections and Voter Registration. Let them know you are running for the local Precinct Committee position and you want a copy of the election calander, nomination petition papers and a copy of your precinct street list. There may a small charge for running copies off of the street list but you need to get this. Some election offices will try to refer you to the party headquarters and tell you to get the paperwork there. Tell them that you don't want to go there but want to get it directly from their office.

A person wishing to run for Precint Committee position must fill out a nomination petition and gather signatures from registered voters of their same party and in the precinct they are running in. There are set times that you are allowed to collect these signatures which is why it is vital that you get the election calander as well.

The county elections office provides these petitions to you free of charge. They can also provide you with a street list of all registered voters in your precinct. For the position of PCP you will need to get a bare miimum of 10 signatures but 30 or more is recommended. This way, if some people who sign your petition are not registered, you can still appear on the ballot.

You must be registered in the party you are running for and must live in the precinct as well before you start gathering signatures. If you receive enough votes on election day you will serve either a two or four year term depending on your party bylaws. The county will notify you that you won and ask you to verify that you will serve.