Be the hopey changey you want to see in the world

On April 11, 2010, In County Assembly, Events, By TriLakesDems

This modified Ghandi quote came to mind as I watched candidates, surrogates and supporters talk about why they or their nominee was an excellent choice for delegates at the El Paso County Assembly to support. Hearing Mayor John Hickenlooper speak was probably THE top moment. But let’s back up and start over…

Registration

The morning was early; but other volunteers were already there and working on setting up laptops with scanners, posting signs, setting up barriers…all with an eye to improving the attendee experience over the very exciting but very trying 2008 County Assembly. Of course 2008 was an election year with a hotly contested and highly interesting contested presidential contest. This being a mid-term year, with a warmly contested Senatorial contest, was a probably a tad less interesting. The organizing committee also did a lot of up front work calculating the number of delegates per precinct based on them maximum capacity of the venue, and having pre-registration and check-in by last name rather than house district (really, how many people know their house district off the top of their heads? or know what a house district is?). All of that, plus warmer weather, made the event run more smoothly; there is room for future improvement but this was a good start.

Senate Preference

The main event was choosing your preference for Senate candidate. Our credentials which consisted of a piece of cardboard with our name had several sections for checking in, senate preference vote, state assembly sign-up, CD5 assembly, etc. As a Romanoff delegate, I got a helpful email from the El Paso County Field Coordinator pointing out that I could vote immediately after checking in and could turn in my State Assembly ballot at their table. Of course, I could also wait and listen to the speakers promote their respective candidates (or the guy who make the case for Uncommitted) and then vote, but the helpful Romanoff folk were there to be helpful and encourage you to vote right away. The Bennet campaign also had a table but didn’t seem to be out in as much force as the Romanoff camp. But for many people, the day could have ended early once they turned in their Senate preference and, if they wanted to be a delegate or alternate, turned in their State Assembly ballot–that would have gotten them out before 9:30am easily.

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We came, we caucused, we elected

On March 16, 2010, In caucus, election judge, Events, resolutions, By TriLakesDems

delegates that is…to the County Assembly…for our preferred candidate for U.S. Senate.

The Location

Find Your Precinct

The first step in any caucus is to find your precinct if your location has multiple precincts. At Lewis Palmer High School, for what is called the County Line Central neighborhood, we had 12 precincts including some newly created ones that were parceled out from previously larger precincts. We have found that many people just don’t recall what their precinct number is so we brought precinct maps and a laptop with a list of all democrats in El Paso County so that, even if you turned up to the wrong location we could have told you where to go. That didn’t happen, but about 75% of our caucus attendees needed a little assistance; the rest either had their voter card with them or had a good memory.  Luckily, we also had help.

This year the attendance was down compared to 2008. This was not a big surprise to anyone. However, all precincts were represented and  the attendance was still much higher than it had been in previous caucuses and the attendees were diligent in performing their civic duties. Our location was Lewis Palmer High School, which also hosted the Republican Caucus on the same night in a different room. Our room was the distance learning lab which was really very nice facility with semi-circular desks and rolling chairs. Someone in the know explained to us about the technology available in this room and how it is used to link up with kids at Palmer Ridge High School so that they can attend the same class with one group in the same room as the teacher and the other school being the “distance” part of the equation. We didn’t get to leverage any of that technology but it was very nice to see it being made available to the kids in our community. (more…)

 
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March Caucus – County Line Central

On February 7, 2010, In Events, By TriLakesDems

County Line Central is the name for a group of precincts in northern El Paso County who will come together to caucus at Lewis Palmer High School.

These precincts are: 74, 192, 247, 282, 290, 300, 333, 355, 372, 401, 402, 403

If you aren’t sure what precinct you are in go to the  Colorado Secretary of State site and type in your name, zipcode and birthdate. Look at the last three digits of the precinct number.

If you aren’t in one of the above precincts, contact the El Paso County Democrats at 719-487-8713 or info@peakdems.org to find out where your caucus is being held.

 
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