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In reply to the discussion: BLM leadership is demanding DNC hold a snap primary before the virtual primary [View all]LeftInTX
(34,013 posts)56. I'm not a member of the DNC or even the TDP. I am a member of the Bexar County Dem Party CEC.
These rules and laws are also governed by states and federal laws. We can't have a "free for all".
All CEC's and the two state parties are covered by the Texas Election Code: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.171.htm
Presidential candidates must be certified 74 days before the election to be on the Texas ballot
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.192.htm
Order is part of every organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert's_Rules_of_Order
A U.S. Army officer, Henry Martyn Robert (18371923), saw a need for a standard of parliamentary procedure while living in San Francisco. He found San Francisco in the mid-to-late 19th century to be a chaotic place where meetings of any kind tended to be tumultuous, with little consistency of procedure and with people of many nationalities and traditions thrown together.
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BLM leadership is demanding DNC hold a snap primary before the virtual primary [View all]
JohnSJ
Jul 2024
OP
I demand that costco bring back the combination pizza and coke instead of pepsi nt
msongs
Jul 2024
#1
Hey! That's when my birthday happens. Will this mean that I will be 20 years younger?
question everything
Jul 2024
#45
The roll call vote is more important. I don't think they were really Biden supporters to begin with.
LeftInTX
Jul 2024
#21
AOC mentioned something about the effective date of the law, which indicated it could possibly be repealed if they
LeftInTX
Jul 2024
#31
nobody (that I see) is saying anything about taking away anyone's 1st Amend rights
stopdiggin
Jul 2024
#53
It's in the rules. If you don't like it, join the DNC be a member of the rules committee.
LeftInTX
Jul 2024
#54
I'm not a member of the DNC or even the TDP. I am a member of the Bexar County Dem Party CEC.
LeftInTX
Jul 2024
#56
I am, but we've already delegated the process to delegates who were elected at the state conventions.
LeftInTX
Jul 2024
#59
Trump demands he be reimbursed for all the millions he's wasted on anti Biden adds.
captain queeg
Jul 2024
#28
THIS. BLM is a sentiment, a movement, and even as an organization not centralized...
B.See
Jul 2024
#60
No one cares about "official' BLM like no one every black activist I follow rolls their eyes at them
MistakenLamb
Jul 2024
#72