Call for Party Canvass – 8/6/2022

Call for Party Canvass – 8/6/2022

PULASKI COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE

OFFICIAL CALL for PARTY CANVASS

AUGUST 6, 2022

for

Special Election for one year term Pulaski County Board of Supervisors

November 8, 2022

As Chairman of the Pulaski County Republican Committee, and pursuant to the Plan of Organization and as recommended and directed by the Committee, I, Eddie Sayers do hereby issue this call for a Party Canvass of the Pulaski County Republican Party to be held at the Big Red Barn, 4241 Lee Hwy, Pulaski, VA 24301, or alternate location to be determined) starting at 10 AM and ending at 2 PM local time on August 6, 2022, for the following purposes:

  1. Nominate candidate for Board of Supervisors (Cloyd District); and
  2. Nominate candidate for Board of Supervisors (Robinson District); and
  3. Nominate candidate for Board of Supervisors (Massie District)

Qualifications for Participation

All legal and qualified voters of Pulaski County under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, regardless of race, religion, national origin or sex, who are in accord with the principles of the Republican Party and who, if requested, express in open meeting either orally or in writing as may be required, their intent to support all of its nominees for public office in the ensuing election, may participate as members of the Republican Party of Virginia in its mass meetings, party canvasses, conventions or primaries encompassing their respective election districts. Only registered voters in Pulaski County that reside in the aforementioned Districts, Cloyd, Robinson and Massie are eligible to vote in this Party Canvass.

In addition to the foregoing, to be in accord with the principles of the Republican Party, unless otherwise stipulated by the appropriate Official Committee, a person otherwise qualified hereunder shall not have participated in Virginia in the nomination process of a party other than the Republican Party within the last five years.

A single exception to this shall be approved for a voter that renounces affiliation with any other party in writing, and who expresses in writing that he/she is in accord with the principles of the Republican Party and intends, at the time of this writing, to support the nominees of the Republican Party in the future. Any voter that utilizes the forgoing exception, and thereafter participants in the nomination process of a party other than the Republican Party, shall not have the benefit of the exception thereafter.

*Voters will be required to produce a valid form of photo identification in order to participate in the aforementioned Party Canvass. *

Filing Requirements

All candidates for the nomination for the Board of Supervisors in the Cloyd District, Robinson District, and Massie District at said Party Canvass shall pay a nonrefundable $100.00 filing fee by check made out to the Pulaski County Republican Party and deliver a written statement to:

Eddie Sayers, Chairman of the Pulaski County Republican Committee,

P.O. Box 7

Pulaski, Virginia, 24301

by mail or in person, no later than Friday, July 28th, 2022, at 5:00 PM local time. Postmarks will not govern. The required written statement shall be: the Declaration of Candidacy for the Pulaski County Republican Committee nomination to the Board of Supervisors.

Only pre-filed candidates will be considered for the nomination at the Party Canvass. In the event no nominations are contested, the party canvass will be canceled and all candidates who pre-filed in good order will be declared the Republican nominees.

PAID FOR AND AUTHORIZED BY PULASKI COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE

Click here to download a copy of the official call.

Click here to download a copy of the official rules for the canvass.

Click here to download the prefile form for the candidate filing.