Get Involved in Your Community
Looking for a fun way to engage as a member of the Erath County Democratic Party? Become a Precinct Chair! We currently have available precincts in need of YOUR leadership.
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Vacant Precincts
The following Erath County Precincts have vacancies for their Precinct Chairs:
Join us at our regular Precinct Chairs Meeting, held every other Saturday, to see if you'd like to join our team.
Need more information first? Not a problem! Drop us a note, and a member of our Executive Team will be in touch with you shortly.
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So Exactly What *is* a Precinct Chair?
The Precinct Chair is a publicly elected party official, elected by the Democratic voters in a precinct each primary (March of even-numbered years) to a two-year term. Precinct Chairs must be registered to vote in their precincts, cannot have voted in the last Republican primary, must have voted in the Democratic primary, cannot endorse another party candidate in a race where a Democrat is on the ballot, must be at least 18 years of age, and otherwise eligible to hold elective office in the state of Texas.
Precinct Chairs organize their voting precincts to deliver the Party message to the individual voter, and help carry out the Party mission to get Democratic voters to the polls to vote for Democrats.
Each Precinct Chair serves as a member of the County Executive Committee (CEC), which is the governing body of the ECDP. You are required to attend regular meetings of the CEC where the business of the party is conducted. Learning the Texas Democratic Party and the ECDP rules and procedures is expected. Precinct Chairs may also choose to serve on a variety of committees, teams, task forces, and the coordinated campaign.
Precinct Chairs organize their voting precincts to deliver the Party message to the individual voter, and help carry out the Party mission to get Democratic voters to the polls to vote for Democrats.
Each Precinct Chair serves as a member of the County Executive Committee (CEC), which is the governing body of the ECDP. You are required to attend regular meetings of the CEC where the business of the party is conducted. Learning the Texas Democratic Party and the ECDP rules and procedures is expected. Precinct Chairs may also choose to serve on a variety of committees, teams, task forces, and the coordinated campaign.
- Organize your precinct.
- Know your precinct and assemble resources
- Build, train and manage your precinct team
- Use the Voter Activation Network (VAN) to help access and update voter files
- Assist the ECDP with recruiting election judges, alternate judges, election clerks, and poll watchers
- Get voters to the polls to support Democratic national, state and local candidates
- Attend all precinct and/ or county conventions.
- Attend all CEC meetings, which are typically held every other Saturday at 10:30 am. The CEC:
- Canvasses the results of primary and primary runoff elections
- Confirms appointments to precinct chair vacancies
- Provides training and materials for Precinct Chairs
- Studies issues and legislation and organizes support or opposition
- Votes on endorsements and Party resolutions
- Plans and coordinates ECDP’s general election year campaigns.
- Participate in ECDP activities and encourage others in your precinct to participate. Become a Sustaining Donor of the ECDP by contributing to keep the doors open and elect Democrats.
- Be willing to learn and follow the Rules and Procedures of the Texas Democratic Party (TDP) and the Erath County Democratic Party.