A great way to get involved is to become a Precinct Chair. If your Precinct already has a chair, you can contact them about being a Precinct Partner. Precinct Partners take responsibility for organizing their neighborhood.
You can check for Precinct Chairs HERE (scroll down, precincts are in numerical order.) If you don’t see your Hays County Precinct listed, then it is vacant.
Contact the Precinct Chair Lead for your area for more information.
Fill out the application HERE*, print out, sign and email a copy to the Precinct Chair Lead for your area, and then mail the original to the Hays Dems, P.O. Box 204, San Marcos, TX 78667. PCs are elected every 2 years, in even numbered years, but vacancies can be filled at any time.
*Note that on the application, if you scroll down, pages 3 & 4 have the application and instructions in Spanish.
This map has the open precinct starred. If you click on the map, it will open the Hays Elections site map, and you can increase the size to street level to see if you’re in one of those precincts.
A precinct (also called a “voting precinct” or a “voter precinct”) is the smallest political subdivision in Texas. Texas counties are divided into individual precincts that share communities of interest and are in all or most of the same political districts, such as legislative or congressional representatives.
The Precinct chair is the Democratic Party’s elected representative and leader in their precinct. Precinct chairs provide fundamental services to party effectiveness. The main responsibility of the Precinct chair is to contact, organize, and guide Democratic voters in their precinct. Precinct chairs are also members of the County Executive Committee (CEC), which conducts the local business of the Party.
Qualifications.
Democrats 18 years of age or older are eligible for the offices of Precinct Chair or County Chair, provided they meet the following criteria:
They are qualified voters (Required by Texas Election Code §161.005 (a)(1)) and voted in the most recent Democratic Primary, not including runoffs, or signed an oath of affiliation:
Oath of Affiliation:
“I swear that I have not voted in a primary election or participated in a convention of another party during this voting year. I hereby affiliate myself with the ________ Party.”; and
They are not candidates for, nor holders of, an elective office of the federal, state, or county government (Required by Texas Election Code §161.005(a)(2)); and
They are residents of the precinct or county from which they seek election (Required by Texas Election Code §171.023(a) and §161.005(a)(1)).
Precinct Chairs are the contact person for the Democratic Party in their neighborhood. They work to become familiar with other Democrats in the area, to recruit and lead a neighborhood team, and to promote Democratic candidates and events whenever possible.
Here are some specific things for Precinct Chairs do:
*Organize their precinct in order to increase Democratic voter turnout.
*Motivate and mobilize voters to get them to the polls.
*If not already a Deputy Volunteer Registrar, become one.
*Register neighbors and friends to vote.
*Serve on the County Executive Committee (CEC)-attending monthly CEC meetings.
*Serve on CEC committees.
*Help get volunteers involved into county-wide efforts and local campaigns.
*Assist in recruiting election judges for Primary and General elections.
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