The 2007 Preliminary Call to Convention

The Massachusetts Democratic Party, in fulfillment of the “Charter of the Democratic Party of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts”, hereby calls a Convention for the purpose of setting an action agenda to
develop statewide grassroots organizing and party building and amending the Party Charter. Said Convention
will be held at the Mullin Center UMass, Amherst, Saturday, May 19, 2007. The schedule will be announced
in the Final Call to Convention, which will be published in April 2007.
The Massachusetts Democratic Party • Philip W. Johnston, Chair • 56 Roland St., Suite 203, Boston,MA 02129
617-776-2676 • www.massdems.org • Fax: 617-776-2579

You can get the official info at the Mass Dems website.

Some notes from Mike:

Chelmsford will elect 17 delegates and 2 alternates. The chair attends as an ex-officio delegate but is counted against the total. Delegates should be equally divided between men and women, so that's 8 male and 8 female delegates, plus 1 alternate of each gender.

Registration shall remain open until all persons
presenting themselves by the stated time of the
Caucus have registered (including any in line outside
the meeting place).

That means if you're not there on time, you won't get to vote.

Each candidate will be allowed to make a one-minute
speech if they choose and to distribute material on
his/her behalf. The provision allowing each candidate
to make a one-minute speech may not be waived.

The registration envelope and fee of $75.00 per
Delegate/Alternate must be mailed by the
Delegate/Alternate by March 1, 2007. A late fee of
$25.00 will be due with each Delegate/Alternate registration
received or postmarked after the March 1, 2007
and prior to the May 1, 2007 deadline. After May 1,
2007 the Fee will be $125.00 and credentials will be
on site.

Candidates must be registered Democrats as of
December 31st of the prior year within the Ward and
Town from which they are running as Delegate. Only
registered Democrats from that Ward or Town, as of
December 31st of the prior year, shall be allowed to
vote on any matter at the local Caucus.