Attend your Precinct Caucus!

Attend Your Precinct Caucus in Minneapolis!

Tonight’s the night!  If you’ve been wanting to get involved as a bicycle advocate in Minneapolis, attend your precinct caucus tonight.  Here are some frequently asked questions and some simple answers.

1. What the heck is a precinct caucus?

It’s a meeting organized by a political party

2. What is a precinct?

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  The smallest political subdivision of our state


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  Your neighborhood


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  All the people who vote at the same location

3. What is a caucus?

Most simply, a group of people

4. What is a caucus for?

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  Political parties choose issues


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  Resolutions can be proposed for potential inclusion in the party platform


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  Political parties choose candidates


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  Political parties endorse candidates


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  Candidates get the party’s nomination


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  Ordinary people (called delegates) vote for the candidates they want their party to endorse


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  Political parties build their base

5. Who can go to a precinct caucus?

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  You must reside in the precinct


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  You have to pick your party


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  You must be eligible to vote on November 5, 2013, to become a delegate, offer resolutions or vote on precinct business

6. What happens at a precinct caucus?

There are 3 main caucus activities:

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  Elect a precinct chair and precinct officers


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  Elect delegates and alternates to the ward and city conventions


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  Propose and vote on resolutions

7. What are delegates?

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  A delegate is a person who wants to go to the next level of their party’s caucus system


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  Precinct caucuses are open invitation, but only delegates can attend conventions

8. What are resolutions?

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  A resolution is a statement for an issue that you support


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  Resolutions can be used to get your issue on to the party platform


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  Resolutions should be presented in writing

9. Why be involved?

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  Meet your neighbors and build community


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  Support an issue (like Bikeways for Everyone!)


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  Support a candidate


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  Be a delegate

10. How do I get involved?

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  Choose your political party, then Google it with Minneapolis


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  Find out where and when your precinct caucus meets


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  Show up, run to be a delegate, offer a resolution