CAUCUS FOR BETTY!
As the saying goes, “all politics is local,” and by participating in your local precinct caucus the evening of Tuesday, February 3rd, YOU can have a say in deciding at the grassroots level who the Minnesota DFL Party supports for elected office, including Betty, and in influencing the issues & language included in the state party platform. A precinct caucus is a gathering of fellow DFLers near you where you’ll determine party leadership & representation at the precinct level and consider advancing proposals for the state party platform.
To be eligible to caucus and become a delegate you must:
Live in Minnesota.
Be 18 by November 3rd.
Consider yourself a member of the DFL Party.
Not consider yourself an active member of any other political party.
DFL PRECINCT CAUCUSES
Tuesday, February 3rd
Registration: 6:30 PM | Caucus: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Employers are required by Minnesota law to provide time off to employees to attend precinct caucuses if they’ve been provided with written notice 10 days or more in advance.
After attending your precinct caucus and becoming a delegate, local DFLers in your area will organize a convention at some point between Friday, February 13th and Sunday, April 12th to vote to endorse candidates for state representative, state senator, and to choose delegates to move onto the next levels of conventions, the congressional & state conventions. Delegates selected to the 4th Congressional District DFL Convention on Saturday, May 2nd or Sunday, May 3rd, will have the chance to vote to give Betty the Minnesota DFL Party’s endorsement. Delegates elected to the congressional district convention will also be delegates to the state convention at the end of May.
AFTER CAUCUSING
CAN’T ATTEND YOUR PRECINCT CAUCUS?
You can complete an absentee form and on it, indicate your willingness to become an organizing unit delegate & alternate in section 4, and your support for Betty McCollum for Congress in section 5. Completed forms must be turned into your local DFL Chair no earlier than Thursday, January 1st and no later than Saturday, January 31st. Completed forms can also be mailed or emailed to Betty’s campaign for us to turn in on your behalf.
QUESTIONS?
Please reach out to us via email or by phone at (651) 603-1505 with any questions you may have about caucuses & conventions.