So Colorado is a caucus state. That means that instead of going to the polls and voting like you would in an election, you go to a neighborhood type meeting and vote within that meeting. Our precinct (fancy name for political neighborhood), took a straw poll and these were the results: 3 for Huckabee, 2 for McCain and 40 for Romney. Next step in a caucus is to elect delegates to the county Republican convention; the delegates go to the county convention and "should" vote along the lines of the precinct's majority; from there, delegates get elected to the state convention and so on and so on until the national convention.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I was elected a delegate from our precinct to go to the county convention on March 1st. Hmm, maybe there's more to life than being an actuary-Super Dad.
4 comments:
That is cool! So now you are an actuary, super delegate Dad (Please note: the words actuary, super, and delegate can be used in any order). Congratulations!
awesome! what a great experience. Do you have further political aspirations?
What happens now that Romney dropped out. Do you get to decide who to vote for or do you have to have another party and vote again to see who would be the second choice?
The one thing to note about Colorado caucuses is that the delegates that are sent to the national convention are unpledged "super delegates", meaning that they can vote for anyone regardless of what the popular vote says. They essentially become deal makers if need be.
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