Precinct
Activities for September
1. Become a Democratic Precinct
Committeeman! Download a Precinct Committeeman
petition from the DuPage County Election Commission website (www.dupageco.org/election ), or get one from the DGTD office. Fill out the top
portion correctly, with your name as you would like it on the ballot. Get at
least 10 signatures (20 would be better) from Democratic voters who live in
your precinct. You and any voters in your household can sign it. If you
have been serving as a Democratic PC, you need to do a petition and get
re-elected.
2. Choose which Democratic candidates
you will be supporting and whether you want to help with their petitions. Obtain petitions for your chosen candidates
from their campaigns or there will likely be petitions at our September meeting
and/or in our office. You can carry these petitions for other candidates with
you as you get your PC petition completed. It is recommended that you carry no
more than 3 petitions at a time to a voter’s door.
3. If you are not a Precinct
Committeeman, or if you are usually appointed as a PC in a different precinct,
you can still go door to door with petitions for Democratic candidates of your
choice.
4. Remember to only ask Democratic
voters to sign petitions. Ask them to
sign their name as they do when they vote. They should write the address
portion neatly, and not abbreviate. Tell voters they should sign only one
petition per race (i.e. one candidate for governor, one candidate for congress,
etc.)
5. If you need a list of Democratic
voters in a precinct, let Kim Savage or Chris Hotchkin know and we will print
one for you. You can also get a list from the DuPage County Election
Commission.
6. Completed petitions, including your
Precinct Committeeman petition, will need to be notarized. You can do this at
the library, your bank, or watch for “Notarizing Parties” held by our township
organization.
7. Petitions need to be completed by
mid-November so candidates can file them. Our township organization will file
your precinct committeeman petition for you. Petitions need to be filed between
November 27 and December 4.
8. This is also a good time to register
voters in your precinct. You can take along the state registration form, which
you can download from www.elections.il.gov. Ask if there is anyone in the household who
needs to register. If so, give them the form and have them fill it out. Tell
them they can also register on line, if they prefer. You may not register
voters as a Deputy Registrar (with the DuPage County Voter Registration Form) while
you are collecting petition signatures or doing anything else partisan—but you
can hand them the state form. (Crazy, we know!)
Thank you to
all who attended Campaign 102: Precinct
Committeeman. If anyone would like a readable copy of the Power Point, email
Chris at CHotchkin@sbcglobal.net
