Candidate Forum 3/20/2010

On Saturday 3/20 we will sponsor a Candidate Forum for all those candidates we can vote for in the 1^st Congressional District of Michigan.  Candidates for Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State legislature & senate seats… and others

This is a great opportunity to meet and question these candidates so you know who deserves your vote in the primary and general elections.

The registration form is attached below

Please try to attend (and bring friends)… it should be well worth your time

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Candidates Needed

Consider running for local or County office in 2010

Good People are needed at all levels. Contact Dan Adamini 225-0045

Precinct Delegates are our first contacts when we announce events.

Please consider becoming a precinct delegate.  There is no major responsibility on your part except to help identify yourself as a republican, and to help support events by encouraging people to attend.  Precinct delegates are the ones who vote for county officers.

The registration sheet below (page 3-4)is attached for you to print and bring to the county clerk so you can appear on the ballot.  A listing of how many delegates we are allowed in each voting district is attached (page 4)

Letters to the Editor…

Thanks to all who have been writing letters to the editor on local, state & federal issues.

We do need more voices… please speak out on your beliefs- Continue every 30 days.

If you have a letter you’d like reviews, please contact info@marquettegop.com

FIRST DISTRICT U.P. SPRING ROUND-UP

2010 is our time to rebuild the great state of Michigan.

With this in mind, we are holding the first ever 1^st District U.P. Spring Round-Up on Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Marquette, Michigan, at the Holiday Inn. 

This will be your opportunity to hear from and network with candidates for regional and statewide office.  We have invited 28 candidates and as of this mailing, 21 have committed to attending.  Several of the other candidates have expressed interest but are still reviewing their schedules.

Among those attending:  Pete Hoekstra, Tom George, Mike Bishop, Bill Schuette, Anne Norlander, Paul Scott, Michele McManus, and Terri Lynn Land.

The Holiday Inn has provided special room rates of $65.00 plus taxes for those needing over night accommodations.  Please be sure to inform the motel that you are attending the Round-Up.

(906-225-0255)

Please send your registration to Rita Hale by March 10, 2010 with checks made out to the First Congressional District.  A $10.00 late fee will be added after this date and for same day registration.  For additional information, contact Rita at 906-387-4369 or rlhale@jamadots.com.

Tentative Format

Noon:                 Registration / Meet & Greet                    3:00           Speakers

1:00                    Speakers                                                  4:00            Gubernatorial Forum

2:30                    Lunch Buffet                                           5:00             Social Hour

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Full Registration                                       or                             Gubernatorial Forum Only

$25.00  per person                                                                            $12.00 per person

includes all speakers & lunch

Mail to Rita Hale, 302 E. Chocolay Street, Munising, MI  49862

NAME OF EACH ATTENDEE___________________________________________________

ADDRESS____________________________________________________________________

E-MAIL_________________________TELEPHONE__________________________________

PRECINCT DELEGATE

AFFIDAVIT OF IDENTITY

A candidate who seeks a precinct delegate position must file an Affidavit of Identity with his or her county clerk or, as an alternative, his or her city or township clerk no later than 4:00 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday prior to the August primary. A city or township clerk receiving this form must forward a copy to the county clerk within four days after the filing deadline. (MCL 168.624)

A. CHANGE OF NAME

Michigan election law, MCL 168.558, stipulates that a candidate who is “not using a name, whether a given name, a surname, or otherwise, that is not a name that he or she was given at birth” must indicate his or her full former name on the Affidavit of Identity. The requirement to indicate a name change on the Affidavit of Identity does not apply if:

• The candidate’s name was formally changed 10 or more years ago.

• The candidate’s name was changed in a Certificate of Naturalization issued by a federal district court 10 or more years ago.

• The candidate’s name was changed because of marriage.

• The candidate’s name was changed through divorce to a “legal name by which the individual was previously known.”

Michigan election law provides that a candidate required to indicate a name change on the Affidavit of Identity must be listed on the ballot “with his or her current name and former name as prescribed by the Secretary of State.” (MCL 168.560b)

B. APPEARANCE OF NAME ON BALLOT

Michigan election law provides the following stipulations regarding the manner in which a candidate can have his or her name printed on the ballot:

• A candidate “may specify that both his or her given name and middle name, or only a middle name, shall appear on the ballot.”

• A candidate “may specify that either an initial or a recognized diminutive for the candidate’s given name or middle name, or for both, shall appear on the ballot.”

• A candidate may not use a “nickname that is not a recognized diminutive of the candidate’s given name or middle name” on the ballot.

• A married person may not use his or her spouse’s given name, middle name or a diminutive of his or her spouse’s given name or middle name on the ballot.

C. MAILING ADDRESS

A candidate who wishes to receive communications from his or her filing official at an address other than his or her residential address should enter a “mailing address” where indicated. (Note: A candidate may list a P.O. Box for his or her “mailing address”; a candidate may not list a P.O. Box for his or her residential address.)

D. WITHDRAWAL OF FILING

A precinct delegate candidate who wishes to withdraw his or her filing must submit a written withdrawal statement to the filing official no later than 4:00 p.m. on the third day after the filing deadline.