I have been posting materials on the 2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection process on the DemRulz References page, but I just set up a… Read More »New 2016 Convention Delegate Selection Page Is Up!
The Virginia State Board of Elections held a drawing today to determine the ballot order of the candidates for the March 1, 2016 Presidential Primary.… Read More »Presidential Primary Ballot Set – GOP Calls for Loyalty Oath
The Democratic Party of Virginia Steering and Central Committees will hold their quarterly meetings this weekend in Richmond. These will be the first meetings in… Read More »DPVA Committees Meet this Weekend
The Virginia Democratic Presidential Primary will be on March 1, 2016, but presidential candidates seeking to get on the ballot in Virginia must file the… Read More »2016 Primary Petition Time
The Republican Party of Virginia State Central Committee voted yesterday (by a vote of 42-39-1) to participate in the March 1, 2016 primary. The Democratic… Read More »Virginia GOP Picks Presidential Primary
The Democratic Party of Virginia will hold its annual JJ dinner at the Patriot Center, featuring Hillary Clinton on Friday, June 26 – tickets are… Read More »DPVA Weekend – Hillary and more
The Democratic Party of Virginia has timely submitted its 2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection Plan to the Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee.… Read More »#DPVA Submits 2016 Delegate Selection Plan to DNC
At its March 2015 meeting, the Democratic Party of Virginia voted to adopt a National Democratic Convention delegate selection procedure similar to the ones adopted… Read More »DPVA Requests Public Comment on 2016 Delegate Selection Plan
The Democratic Party of Virginia meeting this weekend will vote on a series of resolutions concerning the 2016 Democratic National Convention delegate selection process. The… Read More »DPVA to Vote on Presidential Primary
The recent Democratic National Committee meeting featured an excellent workshop on the 2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection process led by Virginia’s own Patrice Taylor.… Read More »#DNC2015 – 2016 Delegate Selection Workshop
Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz will announce today the 2016 Democratic National Convention will be held the week of July 25, 2016. The… Read More »2016 Dem Convention Starts July 25th
The DNC recently issued its guidance documents and the 2016 Democratic National Convention Call, Delegate Selection Rules, Regulations, and model plan. State Democratic Parties now… Read More »DNC – 2016 Convention Call, Delegate Selection Rules & Regs
The DNC has narrowed the list of potential locations for the Democratic National Convention in 2016 to Philadelphia, New York (Brooklyn), and Columbus Ohio. It… Read More »DNC 2016 Convention Update
The Rules for the 2016 Democratic Presidential nominating process are fixed as the Democratic National Committee met in Atlanta on August 23, 2014 and adopted… Read More »#DNCSummer2014 – 2016 Starts Here
The Democratic National Committee Rules& Bylaws Committee met in D.C. today to (nearly) finish work on the draft 2016 Delegate Selection Rules and draft the… Read More »#DNC #RBC Drafts 2016 Rules
[UPDATED] The DNC’s Rules & Bylaws Committee met today and approved most of the proposed Delegate Selection Rules for 2016. The Rules are substantially similar… Read More »DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee Looks Forward to 2016
The Democratic National Committee just concluded an excellent three days of meetings, which featured new data, voter, and communications initiatives, and exhoratory words from President Obama,… Read More »#DNC14 Winter Meeting – A Year of Action
The Democratic National Committee holds two meetings per year (with the Executive Committee, the Association of State Democratic Chairs, and Rules & Bylaws holding an… Read More »DNC to Meet in DC this Month
This is not a surprising idea, but periodically people need reminding. The Democratic Party of Virgnia Party Plan section 10.8 (reprinted below) provides that Democratic… Read More »Democratic Committee Members Can’t Endorse Republicans
The recount for the Attorney General’s election starts on monday morning at 7 am (for Fairfax County, Alexandria and Chesapeake), and tuesday for everyone else. … Read More »#VAAG – Rules for Recount
The Democratic Party of Virginia held its quarterly State Central and Steering Committee meetings in Harrisonburg this weekend. Highlights included: Attorney General Mark Herring and… Read More »DPVA Steering and Central Committees Meet
So what did we accomplish at the DNC’s two-day summer meeting in Phoenix? The full DNC meets twice a year, and here are some of… Read More »DNC Meeting Report #DNCAZ13
Last week, the Republican National Committee released its 97 page post-election “Growth and Opportunity Project” party evaluation that the RNC Chair embarrassingly referred to as… Read More »The RNC 2016 Rules Recommendations
The governing body of the Democratic Party of Virginia is its State Central Committee. The Central Committee is composed of 24 members elected from each… Read More »DPVA State Central Committee Elections this Spring!
The Republican National Committee released its post-election Growth & Opportunity Project report today. The proposals include frontloading the primary process, with the last primary being as… Read More »GOP “Autopsy” Report
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) held its first meeting of the year at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC today. The DNC elected officers, adopted committee… Read More »DNC Meeting January 2013
The Democratic Party of Virginia Steering and Central Committees will meet in Fredericksburg on Friday night and Saturday morning. See this recent post for more… Read More »DPVA Meetings this Weekend – 2013 Primary Vote
I’ve been to five conventions, but I have never seen the party so unified, enthusiastic, and positive about putting forth our candidate and message. From the business perspective, the Convention adopted the Credentials, Rules, and Platform Committee Reports, and elected officers. I posted the platform yesterday and will post the Rules and Credentials, but there is nothing controversial. Delegates signed the pettition to nominate President Obama. I am looking forward to another exciting day. Again, thanks to DemConWatch, here’s today’s schedule (complete schedule below). Highlights will include Bill Clinton’s nomination speech for President Obama, Convention Chair Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Elizabeth Warren, and Barney Frank and the Roll Call. I don’t know about venue plans for tomorrow – still planning on Panther Stadium and hopefully the rain will end today. (BTW, Politico picked up my recent post re the credentials committee, here.)Read More »#DNC2012 Actions, Schedule
The Democratic National Convention Credentials Committee met this afternoon and accredited all delegations to the national convention. No challenges were presented to the Committee. Yesterday,… Read More »#DNC2012 Committees Complete Work
The Democratic Party of Virginia State Central Committee will meet on Saturday, September 15, from 10 am to 12 noon, at Walker Grant Middle School,… Read More »DPVA to Meet Sept. 15, Vote on 2013 Primary