April Leadership Webinar

Welcome! RPT Chair Tom Mechler

Exclusive Content RPT Website Enter Password: victory247 www.texasgop.org  Leadership  Party Officials  Exclusive Content Enter Password: victory247 Only for SREC Members & County Chairs DO NOT GIVE OUT THE LOGIN INFORMATION PUBLICLY

2016 Primary!

Primary Finance Make sure you send in your estimate! Do not zero out the estimated candidate filing fees, use the pre-populated number given by SOS. Show estimate to your County Clerk/County Elections Admin before submitting the final estimate. The County will not be able to log in and make edits like they did last cycle – all on you! There is a link on the Exclusive Content to the SOS 2016 Primary Finance page. Email aellis@texasgop.org if you do not have your 2016 Username and Password

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines May 3rd – Last day for county chair to post notice of the runoff primary election on the commissioners’ court bulletin board. (Secs. 4.003 & 172.1112) May 4th – Last day for a person to apply for a full ballot by mail using an FPCA, if the person is not a registered voter but meets the requirements under Title 2 of the Texas Election Code.  (Secs. 101.052(e) & 101.055(a)) May 4th – First day that the signature verification committee, if one is appointed, may begin operating. (Sec. 87.027) May 9th – Deadline to notify election judges of duty to hold election (Writ of Election) Written notice must be given to the presiding judge of the duty to hold the election, purpose of election, the election date, location of the polling place, hours the polls are open, and the number of clerks to be appointed.  (Sec. 4.007)

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines May 11th – Last day to publish notice of L&A test if test is to be conducted on Friday, May 13, 2016 Notice must be published 48 hours before test begins. (Sec. 129.023) May 12th – 14th – Republican Party of Texas State Convention in Dallas, Texas May 13th – Last day for early voting clerk to receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail.  (Sec. 84.007(c)) All applications to vote by mail must be received by the early voting clerk before the close of regular business or 12 noon, whichever is later. Applications to vote by mail must be submitted by mail, common or contract carrier, fax (if a fax machine is available in the office of the early voting clerk) or e-mail. (Sec. 84.007(c))

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines May 16th – First day to vote early in person.  (Sec. 85.001) May 18th – Last day for Secretary of State to receive requests for state election inspectors for runoff primary election. (Sec. 34.001) May 20th – Last day to vote early in person in the runoff primary election. (Sec. 85.001(b)) May 20th – First day for voter registrar or elections administrator to return the list of registered voters used in first primary to the county chair if it is to be used for the runoff primary election. (Sec. 172.115(b))

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines May 20th – Deadline to publish notice of the first test of the automatic tabulating equipment, if the test is to be conducted as recommended on Sunday, May 22, 2016. The notice must be published at least 48 hours before the test. (Secs. 127.093 & 127.096) May 22nd – Last day to conduct first test of automatic tabulating equipment, if not done already. Test must be conducted at least 48 hours before ballots will be counted. The notice of the test must be published at least 48 hours before the test. (Secs. 127.093 & 127.096) May 23rd – Monthly Leadership Webinar @ 6:30p May 23rd – Last day to for early voting clerk to mark the precinct list of registered voters with a notation beside each name of voter who voted early, and deliver list to election judges.  The early voting clerk must also deliver the precinct early voting list.  (Sec. 87.122) NOTE ON NEW LAW:  Requires the early voting clerk to notate those voters that have voted early on the precinct list of registered voters instead of the presiding election judge. (Section 87.122, as amended by House Bill 2366 (2015))

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines May 23rd – Deadline for county chair to post notices of changed polling places. (Sec. 43.062) May 24th – RUNOFF PRIMARY ELECTION DAY (Sec. 41.007(b)) May 24th – 7:00a – 7:00p Polls Open May 24th – 7:00p – Deadline for receiving early voting ballots by mail and late ballots cast by voters who became sick or disabled on or after Thursday, May 12, 2016 (Secs. 84.007(c), 86.007(a) & 102.006(c)) May 30th – Last day to post notice of canvass returns of runoff primary election because canvass must take place on Thursday, June 2, 2016. This notice must be posted at least 72 hours before the scheduled time of the meeting. (Sec. 172.116; Secs. 551.002, 551.041 & 551.043, Texas Government Code)

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines June 2nd – Deadline for early voting ballot board to verify and count provisional ballots that were verified by the voter registrar. (Sec. 65.051(a), as amended by Senate Bill 1703, 2015) June 2nd – Local canvass of the runoff primary election by county chair June 3rd – Deadline for county chair to submit canvassed returns for statewide and district offices to state party chair. (Secs. 67.007(d) & 172.119(b)) June 11th – Deadline for state executive committee to conduct state canvass. (Sec. 172.120) June 13th – New party officers take office.  (Sec. 171.022(c))

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines June 13th – ***First possible day to hold Organizational County Executive Committee Meeting (RPT Rule 8d) ***Must be held between June 13th – July 28th ***14 day notice required before the meeting by US Postal Mail ***Subject to change in the RPT Rules on the 2016 RPT State Convention National Convention is July 18th – 21st June 22nd – Deadline for county chair to deliver notice of persons elected as party officers following the runoff primary election to state chair and county election officer. (Sec. 172.118(a))

Upcoming Dates & Deadlines July 13th – Deadline by which former county chair must transfer party bank accounts and records to new county chair; it is a Class C misdemeanor if the former county chair fails to transfer the records.  (Sec. 171.028)

CONVENTIONS

Purchase Del/Alt List Email Cassie at cdaniel@texasgop.org SREC: For purposes of appointing state convention committees a list of names from your SD can be emailed to you but will NOT contain any contact info. DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE TOTAL 2016 State Convention – Statewide List*   $200.00 2016 State Convention – Specific CD/SD/County* CD: ______ SD:______ County:______________ $25.00 per 1,000 records 2014 State Convention – Statewide List $180.00 2012 State Convention – Statewide List $160.00 2010 State Convention – Statewide List $140.00 2008 State Convention – Statewide List $120.00 Subtotal Sales Tax – 8.25% Total

CORPORATE STATE FEDERAL Are you paying with corporate funds? Yes No CORPORATE Do you contribute more than $10,000 per person per year? No Do you donate more than $5,000 for a multi-candidate PAC? Yes Yes STATE No STATE FEDERAL

State Convention NO PACKETS WILL BE MAILED State Convention Webinar www.texasgop.org/2016-convention/ Register Tickets Which Account Federal or State or Corporate Book Hotel State Convention Webinar All training on website Schedule & Events Plank by plank voting National Del/Alt Selection Elections: Chair, Vice Chair, Natl Cmt Members, SREC Helpful Hints!

State Convention Event Tickets Track your Delegation Have tickets available for your events Print On your phone Track your Delegation See you attends the convention If you send someone as a delegate or alternate do they show up and for what portion of time? Helpful info two years from now.

Caucuses Senatorial District (SD) Elects Permanent SD Caucus Chairman Elects one delegate to Permanent Committees Platform & Resolutions, Rules & Order of Business, Credentials, State Nominations Each SD elects their State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) Members Each SD selects their picks for State Chairman and Vice Chairman Requires support from 16 of the 31 SD Caucuses to win Congressional District (CD) (every 4 yrs) Elects Permanent CD Caucus Chairman Elects one delegate to the National Nominations Committee Selects their picks for National Committee Man & Woman Requires support from 19 of the 36 CD Caucuses to win Elects their National Convention Delegates (3) & Alternates (3) Elects their Presidential Elector

Overall Schedule Friday, May 13th Thursday, May 12th 7a – Grassroots Club Breakfast 8a – 2nd SD Caucus 10a – 2nd General Session Thursday, May 12th Noon – TFRW Tribute to Women Lunch 8a – TRCCA Breakfast 1:30p – 3rd General Session 10a – 1st General Session 7p – RPT Gala 2:30p – 1st SD Caucus 3:45p – 1st Breakout Session 4:45p – 1st CD Caucus Saturday, May 14th 5:45p – 2nd Breakout Session 7a – Faith & Fellowship Gathering 8a – 2nd CD Caucus 1:30p – 4th General Session

General Session Schedule

TRCCA Breakfast Sign up at www.trcca.com Membership Breakfast Voting Non-Voting Breakfast Anyone can attend! Elect Officers Regional Directors Adopt Bylaws

Other Party News

News! SREC 2016 Meeting Dates 2nd Quarter – May 11th in Dallas, TX Organizational – May 14th in Dallas, TX 3rd Quarter – September 9th & 10th in Austin, TX 4th Quarter – December 2nd & 3rd in Austin, TX Cassie out of office Fri, April 29th May 10th – 15th Training in Austin Saturday, August 6th Next Leadership Webinar Monday, May 23rd @ 6:30p

Republican Party of Texas Cassie Daniel Republican Party of Texas Senior Director of Party Organization & Training cdaniel@texasgop.org 512-879-4060 – o 806-570-7745 – c 512-480-0709 – f Ainslie Ellis Republican Party of Texas Primary Election Admin Assistant aellis@texasgop.org 512-879-4062 – o 512-480-0709 – f