TCGOP

ANNOUNCEMENT

Tarrant County Republican Party does not endorse any candidates.

Candidates using the Tarrant County Republican Party logo are doing so without permission.

Early voting and Election day

Tarrant County Voters – Early voting before the May 29th primary begins May 14th and runs through May 25th.

You can find early polling locations at  http://tcweb.tarrantcounty.com/evote/cwp/view.asp?a=771&q=468191

We have all waited a long time and now the voting is about to begin.  Please make sure you get out to vote for your candidates!

Election day is May 29th.  See you at the polls!

May  14 – 18 Monday – Friday  8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
May 19 Saturday  7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
May  20 Sunday  11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
May 21 – 25 Monday – Friday
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Republican State Convention June 7th – 9th

The Texas State Convention for the Republican Party is fast approaching.

Delegates, Alternates and Guests, please make sure to pre-register to avoid any lines on site.

   http://convention.texasgop.org/registration

For anyone wishing to volunteer, please go to the following link and sign up.

  http://convention.texasgop.org/get-involved

A schedule of events for the State Convention can be found at this link.

http://convention.texasgop.org/convention-activities

Events including the RPT Fundraising Gala dinner.  You can purchase tickets for this dinner when you pre-register.

All information for the State Convention can be found at http://convention.texasgop.org/.

You can also call the TCGOP at 817-595-0303

Precinct Conventions April 3 at 7pm

Tarrant County Republican Party Chair Jennifer Hall has announced precinct conventions will be held April 3rd, 7:00 p.m. at various locations around the county.  Due to the redistricting difficulties this election cycle the convention process will be separated from the primary (May 29, 2012).  The State Republican Executive Committee voted to provide counties the option of holding precinct conventions and the Tarrant County Executive Committee voted on March 10, 2012 to exercise that option.  A committee was formed to work out the logistics and locations of holding precinct conventions.  All 2012 Convention information will be available from 2012 Conventions tab in the Header Menu. To proceed to Precinct Convention Page.

Tarrant GOP Votes Unanimously to Hold Precinct Conventions

The Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Tarrant County held an emergency meeting Saturday, March 10, 2012 and voted without objection to hold precinct conventions on or about April 3^rd.  The exact time, date, and locations are to be finalized but will be published at http://tcgop.org and announced to the media as soon as they are available.

 Lawsuits over redistricting lines have delayed the party primary and convention process statewide and prompted the State Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Texas to vote February 29^th to remove the normal requirement for each county to hold precinct conventions.  Instead, each county party will only hold precinct conventions if the county executive committee votes to do so.  The Tarrant GOP was instrumental in convincing the RPT to preserve at least the option for each county to hold precinct conventions instead of canceling them outright as the Texas Democratic Party has done.

 “Precinct conventions are fundamental to the Republican Party’s goal of maintaining a grassroots party organized from the bottom-up,” said Tarrant GOP Chairman Jennifer Hall.  “They are the first opportunity for Republican voters to organize in their neighborhoods and elect representatives from among themselves to carry their voices forward to the State Convention.  The TCGOP’s unanimous vote Saturday shows that we understand this and we are dedicated to doing the work necessary to remain conservative and preserve precinct conventions, regardless of the unique challenges presented by this election cycle.”

 The Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Tarrant County is made up of the County Chair and all elected Republican Precinct Chairs.  Other business at Saturday’s emergency meeting included the drawing for placement order on the Republican Primary ballot and election of temporary chairmen for each of the four Tarrant County senatorial district conventions that will occur on April 21^st.

Contact:

Brandon Moore

vicechair@tcgop.org

2405 Gravel Drive Fort Worth, TX 76118

 Ph. 817-601-5892

Tarrant County Republican Party Candidate Fair Straw Poll Results

The results of the 2012 Tarrant County Republican Party Candidate Fair Straw Poll are as follows:

774 Total Ballots cast

A Viewer’s Guide to the Supreme Court Case

From http://txredistricting.org

The start of a “January to remember” kicks off Monday afternoon at 1 p.m. (ET) with arguments in the Supreme Court about the interim legislative and congressional maps drawn by the San Antonio panel.

Here’s a preview of the case:

What will the Supreme Court decide?  

There are three interlinked core issues.

The first, and most basic issue, is whether the San Antonio panel abused its  discretion in drawing interim  maps that did not hew closely enough to the maps adopted by the Texas Legislature.

Then, if the Supreme Court concludes that was the case, the court will have to explain to the San Antonio panel what it needs to do to fix the maps – or how it should draw new ones.

Related to that, the Supreme Court will need to decide whether there is enough time to fix any problems that it finds in the interim maps or whether it should just order the elections to go forward on the state’s maps (as the state argues) or the court-drawn interim maps.

Mixed in with those more pedestrian issues is the lurking and potentially explosive issue of whether the preclearance process under section 5 continues to be constitutionally viable nearly 50 years after enactment of the Voting Rights Act.

Read More at TxRedistricting.Org

Candidate Filings

For a complete list of Tarrant County candidate filings please follow this link:

Candidate Filings

Candidate Drawing Delayed by Courts

Due to the orders related to redistricting by the San Antonio District Court, the candidate drawing for a place on the ballot will not occur until after after February 1st.  Stay tuned for more updates.

Deadlines extended by court

Order on Election Deadlines