Call to Caucus: First Congressional District Nominating Convention

The Fredericksburg Democratic Committee hereby issues the Call to Caucus to convene an assembled caucus at 9:30 AM, Saturday, November 10, 2007 in Meeting Room #2, CRRL Headquarters, 1201 Caroline, Fredericksburg, Virginia for the sole purpose of electing 6 delegates and 3 alternates to the 1st Congressional District Convention. The following provisions shall govern the convention:

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Prefiling

Those wishing their names to be placed on the ballot at the Caucus shall prefile their candidacy by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, 8 November 2007, with the Fredericksburg Democratic Committee Chair.

Forms may be downloaded from this website (see link below), or obtained in person from Tres Seaver, Chair, Fredericksburg Democratic Committee, 20 Pawnee Drive, Fredericksburg, VA, 22401.

Forms may be delivered in person to the same address, or via mail to the committee's mailing address: P.O. Box 1261, Fredericksburg, VA 22402-1261. If mailed, the forms must be received, and not merely postmarked, by the deadline.

Voluntary Administrative Fee

There shall be a voluntary administrative fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for each person filing for delegate, payable to the Fredericksburg Democratic Committee. Payment of this fee is completely voluntary. No statement is required in order to waive payment.

Conduct of the Caucus

The doors to the Caucus will be opened at 09:00 AM. Check-in will occur between 09:00 AM. and 09:30 AM. The doors to the caucus will be closed at 09:30 AM and no further persons will be permitted to enter. Those persons in line at that time will be permitted to complete the check-in process and will be permitted to participate.

The Chair of the Fredericksburg committee shall be the Temporary Chair of the Caucus and shall appoint a Temporary Secretary and such other Temporary Officers of the Caucus as he deems appropriate.

Until the adoption of the Rules, the order of the Caucus shall be determined by the Chair of the Caucus, subject to the approval of the Caucus participants, Robert?s Rules of Order, and the Virginia Democratic Party Plan.

Affirmative Action

It shall be the duty of the local Democratic chair and the members of the local Democratic Committee to take all feasible steps to encourage broad participation in the delegate selection process. Discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, religion, ethnic identity, economic status, disability, or sexual orientation in the delegate selection process is prohibited. The Fredericksburg Democratic Committee shall make every effort to ensure that the Fredericksburg delegation is half- male and half-female.

Call Distribution

It shall be the duty of the Fredericksburg Democratic Committee Chair to distribute a copy of the Call to Caucus. It shall further be the duty of the Fredericksburg Democratic Committee Chair to cause this Call to Caucus to be publicized through the news media of Fredericksburg as is feasible.