The March 2nd Primary Election is upon us! Most of us think VOTING at the ballot box is the only thing we can do to have a say in our government! BUT IT IS JUST THE FIRST STEP!! YOU CAN DO MORE!
The Republican Precinct Conventions (meeting/caucus) will take place at your Election Day precinct voting location March 2 (at 8:00 p.m., in Montgomery Co. ) . (Democrats will be meeting at 7:15 p.m.) If you don't vote in the Primary Election, you cannot attend the Precint meeting.
Sample Ballots
Find your voting precinct with polling location, map, picture, and directions.
Want to see some changes for the better within the Party? Then don’t complain--get more involved (not less)!
The neighborhood precinct meeting/caucus and county conventions (several weeks later) are the grassroots beginning of the Party and Platform. Consider taking at least one - two resolutions (in triplicate, one issue per page) to present to your group on March 2.
Quick ONLINE TRAINING is provided by the leaders of the REPUBLICAN PARTY of TEXAS for those who want to learn or refresh their memory of how the process works.
A RESOLUTION is a statement of principle that is voted on at a political convention. Scroll all the way down for some sample resolutions. And feel free to bring your own.
SAMPLE RESOLUTIONS:
(Feel free to cut and paste - one per page, providing 3 copies each. Or feel free to bring your own.)
HEALTH CARE REFORM
(From Texas Eagle Forum)
WHEREAS, the healthcare bill put forth by President Barack Obama and the Democrat members of Congress is unconstitutional and will create a complicated bureaucracy of government offices and programs that come between patients and healthcare providers; and,
WHEREAS, the bill would lead to a government-controlled healthcare system similar to the ones found in England and Canada, where patients must wait months for care that currently is routine in the United States; and
WHEREAS most citizens agree that the U.S. healthcare system is the best in the world,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the people, oppose any legislation that imposes any government control over our health care, increased government mandates or price controls, new government programs or the expansion of existing programs; we also urge passage of healthcare reform which results in more affordable healthcare through a competitive, open, and transparent health care system including TORT reform where America’s families choose their own doctor and health care plans.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
Effective Health Care Reform
(From Rocky Alexander)
WHEREAS, we desire to retain the Blessings of Liberty as secured to us by our Founding Fathers and as expressed in our Constitution and we reject the imposition upon us of any new, Washington-controlled system of government-run health care.
WHEREAS, we demand protection of the right to make our own health decisions and our own health care choices free of government denials, bureaucratic red-tape, and greater intergenerational debt which has been provided for in the Constitution.
WHEREAS, a government takeover of American health care will (1) deny fundamental personal and economic liberties and indisputably violate the Principle of Limited Government as established by the Constitution, (2) impose increased costs and taxes upon individuals, families, and businesses, as well as taxpayers at the federal, state, and local levels, (3) irreparably cripple the American economy, at the cost of jobs, businesses, productivity, and quality of life, (4) create an inescapable new tax by imposing individual and employer mandates; institutionalize a massive, ever-expanding federal bureaucracy that is impersonal and impractical, and (5) empower bureaucrats to interfere in the doctor-patient relationship, undermine the quality of care, limit choice, and increase the cost of health care.
WHEREAS, to date the insurance industry has failed in its effort to provide affordable health insurance to a majority of Americans by designing plans that effectively separate the direct accountability between the consumer and healthcare providers through the use of private networks. Likewise, consumers are unable to evaluate the cost of services up front. Networks require codes for services, providers aren’t sure up front which codes will be deemed for services rendered, and consumers are told by providers that the price depends upon the network and carrier. This prevents the consumer from being able to shop price and quality of care. Larger insurance company networks have discouraged competition in the marketplace by monopolizing lower discounts with healthcare providers and thereby driving out competition. With fewer insurance carriers competing, providers are losing the incentive to compete and keep prices down and quality of care high. In an effective free enterprise system, the consumer needs to be able to understand price and services rendered before making health care decisions.
WHEREAS, governmental authorities (both federal and state) have been guilty in allowing this travesty to occur.
BE IT RESOLVED that health care reform as a matter of principle must (1) protect as inviolate the vital doctor-patient relationship, (2) reject any addition to the crushing national debt heaped upon all Americans, (3) improve, rather than diminish, the quality of care that Americans enjoy, (4) be negotiated publicly, transparently, with genuine accountability and oversight, and be free from political favoritism, (5) treat private citizens at least as well as political officials, (6) protect taxpayers from compulsory funding of abortion, (7) reject all new mandates on patients, employers, individuals, or states, (8) prohibit expansion of taxpayer funded health care to those unlawfully present in the United States, (9) guarantee Equal Protection under the law and the Constitution, and (10) empower, rather than limit, an open and accessible marketplace of health care choice and opportunity.
BE IT RESOLVED that we demand an end to insurance company provider networks which are effectively being used as a “Price Fixing‿ scheme between insurance companies and health care providers. This will effectively remove the cloak of darkness that insurance networks have placed over consumers. Health care providers should be directly accountable to the consumer.
BE IT RESOLVED that access to care for the uninsured (due to costs) should be limited to only certain designated hospitals and clinics within a particular area in an effort to prevent diminished services and increased costs for the insured.
BE IT RESOLVED that in order to level the playing field, insurance companies should only provide plans that either pay on a schedule of benefits or as a percentage of Medicare coverage.
BE IT RESOLVED that in order to prevent the financial waste of unnecessary medical services prescribed by providers out of fear of frivolous lawsuits, meaningful national tort reform should be passed covering the entire country.
BE IT RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent from Precinct ___________ of the ___________________________ Party of _______________________ County to the _______ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Chairman with the recommendation that it be passed and forwarded to the Platform Committee of the State Convention of the ___________________________ Party of Texas.
RE-ADOPT THE 2008 TEXAS REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM
(From Texas Eagle Forum)
WHEREAS, the 2008 Texas_____________Party Platform is a winning, principled, conservative document and is as relevant today as it was two years ago;
WHEREAS, the 2008 Platform advances the founding principles of freedom and limited government and the dignity and worth of every individual, including the unborn;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we support the re-adoption of the 2008 _____________Party Platform for 2010, with the understanding that resolutions of current interest may be added at the state convention. We further support the reading of the Platform by every Party member whether they are running for office or not.
Be it further resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ________________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #_____ of the ______________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the ________________ Party of Texas.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
(From Texas Eagle Forum)
WHEREAS, The federal government’s failure to fulfill its responsibility in the area of illegal immigration, during both Democratic and Republican administrations, has led to the crisis we now face; and
WHEREAS, The federal government has not only failed to control the borders but failed in its responsibility to enforce the immigration laws, not only with regard to the individuals who are here illegally, but also with regard to the employers who knowingly hire them; and
WHEREAS, There are reportedly 12 million immigrants and counting who are living and working in America without legal status, many of whom have children who are American citizens by birth; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we urge the federal government to provide for the security of our nation by controlling and securing our borders and enforce all immigration laws, including the laws directed at employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL CZARS
(From Texas Eagle Forum)
WHEREAS, President Obama has gone far beyond his predecessors in appointing over 40 “czars‿ who were never elected, never confirmed by the Senate, and have immense power over our government and our lives, and
WHEREAS, they enjoy wide-ranging bureaucratic authority beyond the purview of Congress, earn six-figure salaries, and exhibit political views that reflect a distinct tilt to socialism/communism.
THEREFORE BE It RESOLVED that we urge the Congress to use their full Constitutional authority to abolish Obama’s czars and return this country back to the Republic upon which it was founded.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
NO CAP AND TRADE
(From Texas Eagle Forum)
WHEREAS, the “cap-and-trade‿ bill, which passed the House in June and is currently in the Senate, whose purpose is reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming by creating a system of pollution permits that energy companies must buy before releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere; and
WHEREAS, the whole reason for existence of the expensive cap and trade scheme in H.R. 2454 is based on the theory of the global warming myth that man’s activities are producing significant temperature increases, rather than natural weather cycles; and
WHEREAS, this bill would establish a whole new unconstitutional activity of the federal government and give it yet another regulatory tool for increasing the cost of doing business, which would translate into higher costs for taxpayers in an already unstable economy;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, we urge the Senate to defeat this unconstitutional grab for power and open up America’s vast natural resources for energy independence and economic growth, thereby eliminating the dependence on China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and other foreign countries for our energy needs.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
STOP GOVERNMENT SPENDING!
(From Texas Eagle Forum)
WHEREAS, spending is out of the control in Washington. According to the U.S. National Debt Clock, our national debt is currently over $12 Trillion and is increasing every day by $3.94 Billion. By September 2012, the national debt will reach $16.2 Trillion and every American will essentially be responsible for over $50,000 of the burden; and
WHEREAS, we cannot afford additional stimulus packages, bailouts, and government expansions, which will further increase our national debt and mortgage the economic freedom of future generations.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, we are calling on President Barack Obama and Congress to stop deficit spending now and stop pushing new government programs in the name of saving our economy. We call on them to balance the budget and remember the taxpayers of today and those of tomorrow who will be called on to pay back Trillions of dollars in federal debt.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
KEEP THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT
(From Texas Eagle Forum)
WHEREAS, the traditional definition of marriage has been defined as between one man and one woman and is the most fundamental institution of civilization; and
WHEREAS, the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was signed into law in 1996 and 31 states, including Texas , have adopted constitutional amendments protecting traditional marriage; and
WHEREAS, President Barack Obama and his Department of Justice are seeking to overturn DOMA by filing a brief stating “…this Administration does not support DOMA as a matter of policy, [and] believes it is discriminatory and supports its repeal.‿
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, we oppose any effort by the Obama Administration to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and urge Congress to use its Article III, Section 2 power to prevent activist federal judges from imposing upon the rest of the nation the judicial activism in Massachusetts and California.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
Platform Compliance
(by Jon Bauman)
WHEREAS, the Republican Party of Texas conscientiously develops a Party Platform to reflect the values of its members; and
WHEREAS, officials elected as representatives of the Republican Party routinely ignore and/or violate the Party Platform positions,
RESOLVED, the Texas Republican Party, starting immediately, will undertake to monitor the performances of all Republicans elected to Federal, State and Local offices and compare such performances against the Party Platform.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Texas Republican Party will publish the results of the foregoing monitoring at least 90 days before the filing deadline of every election in which a position occupied Republican incumbent is on the ballot.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
Oath of Office
(by Jon Bauman)
WHEREAS, Article 2, Section 1 and Article 7 of the United States Constitution require the President and the Senators, Representatives, members of the State Legislatures and all executive and judicial officers of both the United States and the several States to take Oaths of Affirmations to support the United States Constitution.
IT IS RESOLVED, that all laws, executive orders, regulations, judicial rulings or any other documents or orders that pertain to the execution of office by any of the aforementioned individuals who are required by the United States Constitution to take Oaths or Affirmations to support the United State Constitution, include in them reference to the specific provision(s) in the United States Constitution under which such laws, executive orders, regulations, judicial rulings or any other documents or orders are authorized.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
by Suzanne.Guggenheim
Whereas the tenth amendment of the United States Constitution states that the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people; and
Whereas in Article I, Section 8 the United States government is given defined and limited powers; and
Whereas in the modern day system of federalism the United States government funds the several states with the money coming from the citizens of the several states; now therefore
Be it resolved that all state legislatures represent the best interest of Texas, using nullification resolutions, and other appropriate and Constitutional measures, to stop the United States government from enacting unconstitutional laws in Texas, and order that rejection of any federal money from unconstitutional federal law must be given back to the citizens, who paid it, or to pay the national debt.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ____________ Senatorial/County Convention Resolutions Committee from Precinct #______of the _____________County ________________Party, with the recommendation that it be passed and sent to the State Convention Platform Committee of the _______________ Party of Texas.
Feel free to write your own resolution.
