2014 Delegate Duties and Responsibilities

ALL DELEGATES

• Be a registered, affiliated Republican, having on file your name, telephone number, mailing address, and email address.
• Be a resident of the Utah County voting precinct or legislative district you are elected to represent.
• Be at least 18 years old by the November 4, 2014, General Election.
• After being elected, attend legislative district training meetings for further instruction.
• Willingly receive and act upon communications from the UTGOP, elected officials and GOP candidates.
• Help distribute campaign literature and post signs.
• Educate yourself about all the candidates. Expect to receive from campaign mail, emails, phone calls, invitations, etc. during their campaigns. Study the material they send.
• Attend “Meet the Candidate” events and take other opportunities to listen to and become acquainted with candidates, in preparation for the yearly conventions.
• Be available to precinct members to discuss candidates and share your thoughts and views via meetings, email, Facebook, and Blogs.
• Serve the precinct you represent for two years.
• As part of the precinct leadership, work to advance the goals of the precinct.
• Enjoy your service to your fellow citizens and the new friends you will make in the process!

STATE DELEGATES

• Attend and participate in the 2014 Utah Republican Party State Convention on Saturday, April 26, 2014, at South Towne Expo Center in Sandy.
• Be prepared to cast an informed vote for the Party's nominees for the following elected offices: Attorney General,U.S. House of Representatives (we are in Congressional District 3, Jason Chaffetz is our current representative), National Committeeman and Committeewoman, National Delegates, 
• At the convention you may also debate and vote on changes to the State Party Constitution, Bylaws, Platform, Rules of the Convention and Resolutions.
• Attend the 2015 State Organizing Convention where the State Party Officers will be selected by the State Delegates.

COUNTY DELEGATES

• Attend and vote at the 2014 County Nominating Convention on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Mountain View High School in Orem (665 W Center St), and the 2015 County Organizing Convention.
• Be prepared to cast informed votes for the Party's nominees for the following elected offices: Utah House of Representatives, Utah County Commissioner Seat A & B (currently held by Gary Anderson and Doug Whitney), Assessor (Kris Poulson), Attorney (Jeffrey Buhman), Clerk/Auditor (Bryan Thompson), Recorder (Jeffrey Smith), Sheriff (Jim Tracy), Surveyor (Gary Ratcliffe), and Treasurer (Robert Kirk).
• Attend the 2015 County Organizing Convention where County Party Officers will be selected by County Delegates. Those officers include: Utah County GOP Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and State Central Committee members. At the Organizing Convention you may also ratify or reject decisions of Central Committee and vote on resolutions.

Personal Comment

Being a delegate can take over 10 hrs per week during the short time between caucus elections (March 20th) and the County Convention (April 12th) or State Convention (April 26th). The conventions can last 8 hrs so be prepared to spend most of the day there. You will find that you have unbelievable access to candidates. They will call you and return your calls, invite you to breakfast, lunch, or dinner meetings. You will be able spend time with them one on one or in small group meetings at nearby homes. You will be able to develop a real sense of who they are versus what you might read in flyers.

You will also get a chance to see how the party operates when you attend either the state or county organizing convention

It is a wonderful experience and one I believe that should be shared. 2 years ago we were given 4 state delegate positions (one goes to the precinct chair) and 5 county delegates positions (the precinct chair and vice-chair each get one position). I am not sure at this moment if that will change this year (the number of delegates we get depends on the size of our voter turnout in the previous election cycle).