Democratic Party of Valencia County

Ward & Precinct Meetings/ Elections

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Need help? Call your Ward Chair:

MEETING DATES CHANGED

Ward 2 Chair: Lorraine Espinosa – (505) 440-6335

Meeting: March 6th, 10am

Deadline to register: March 4th, 10am

Ward 1 Chair: Lorraine Spradling – (505) 866-7781

Meeting: March 13th, 10am

Deadline to register: March 11th, 10am

Got more questions? Email Info@ValenciaDemocrats.org

WARD and PRECINCT Meetings

Coming Next Month

It's time for the Democrats of Valencia County to gather together again to elect our party leadership for the next two years. We will elect all of the following as part of the Precinct and Ward meetings:

• new Precinct Chairs and other precinct officers

• additional members of the County Central Committee (by precinct)

• new Ward Chairs and other ward officers

• members of the County Credentials and Rules Revision committee (1 per ward)

• members of the County Platform & Resolution committee (1 per ward)

Because of the ongoing health and safety restrictions caused by the COVID 19 pandemic, all of our meetings will be virtual (on Zoom) and all of our voting will be done by absentee balloting. The meetings will have phone-in options and the absentee balloting will also have phone-in options.

Any person who has been a registered Democrat in Valencia County for at least 30 days can participate in these meetings and elections. These same qualified Democrats can also run for office in their precinct or ward, or for a county-wide elected position. 

• If you want to participate in the meetings and/or elections, you must fill out a REGISTER to PARTICIPATE form. There is a deadline to register.
   

• If you want to run for office in your precinct or ward, or for a county-wide elected position, you must fill out a STATEMENT of CANDIDACY form. 

If you are unable to attend your Ward / Precinct meetings on Zoom, you will still be able to vote -- as long as you fill out the REGISTER to PARTICIPATE form before the deadline.

For more information, see the following sections:

• REGISTER to PARTICIPATE

• Submit Your STATEMENT of CANDIDACY

• About the MEETINGS and the VOTING

If you have any questions, send an email to  

 THURSDAY, March 25, 6:30pm 
Online CCC FORUM for 
ALL CANDIDATES for 
COUNTY PARTY OFFICES 

All Valencia County Democrats who are interested in running for any of these County Offices are invited to participate in an online Candidates Forum on ZOOM on March 18 at 6:30pm:

• County Chair

• County Vice Chair

• State Central Committee Members (CD-1 and CD-2 parts of VC)

In this online forum, candidates will be able to present their statements about why they are running, and then answer questions from the County Central Committee members.   
 

Information about registering for the March 18 CANDIDATES FORUM will be provided in a future DPVC Newsletter.

SATURDAY, March 27, 10am      
COUNTY  CENTRAL  COMMITTEE 
 Meeting  &  Absentee Voting

Members of the newly elected CCC will meet to discuss the election of County Officers and State Central Committee members, and any other items specified in the Call to the CCC.

The absentee voting period for the CCC meeting OPENS at 10am on Sunday, March 21, and CLOSES at 10am on Tuesday, March 23.

REGISTER to PARTICIPATE
in Your Precinct and Ward Elections​

Because all of our Ward and Precinct meetings will be held online this year as Zoom meetings, you won't be able to show up on the morning of a Ward meeting and register to participate on-site before the meeting starts. (There is no "on-site" -- participation will be online or by phone.)

Instead, every Democrat in Valencia County can pre-register online (or by phone) to participate in the virtual Ward and Precinct meetings and elections.

All the checking of credentials for voters ("electors") will be done in the days before the Ward meetings start (instead of during the first 30 minutes of the Ward meetings).

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Submit Your STATEMENT of CANDIDACY

Do you want to help grow and strengthen the Democratic Party of Valencia County? Do you want to help build the DPVC into a robust and inclusive organization that engages Democrats in the county? 

• Do you want to help organize in your precinct or ward?

• Do you want to be a member of the DPVC County Central Committee (the "CCC")? 

• Do you want to run for County Chair or Vice Chair?

• Do you want to be a member of the State Central Committee (SCC) from Valencia County?

If your answer to any of these questions is YES, you will need to submit a STATEMENT of CANDIDACY form so your name will be placed on the appropriate ballot(s).

For more information about what it means to be a precinct or ward officer, a standing committee member, a county officer, or a member of the CCC or the SCC, see the following section NAME OF SECTION.

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Click Here to Submit Your STATEMENT of CANDIDACY for a Precinct, Ward, County, or Central Committee Position

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ABOUT the MEETINGS and the VOTING

Because we're still in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, our Ward and Precinct and CCC meetings and elections are going to be very different from the in-person meetings we are all used to joining.

This year our meetings and elections will be all virtual, and we will be voting remotely via absentee balloting. 
 

If you have any questions, send an email to