Wyoming’s Caucus and Delegate Selection Process Explained

Green Papers Report on Wyoming

 

By becoming a Precinct Committeeman or Precinct Committeewoman (PC), you become an automatic delegate to the County Conventions. If you are not a PC, you have to get elected at your Precinct Caucus in February to become a delegate to the County Conventions. Instead of waiting until February, you can guarantee a spot at the County Conventions today by simply becoming a PC.

To become a PC, you must be a registered Republican and there must be a vacancy for a PC in your precinct. Contact (call or email) the Chairman of your County GOP and ask to volunteer as a PC. If there is a vacancy for a PC in your precinct, the Chairman will appoint you to the position. When contacting the Chairman, it is important that you do not mention your support for Ron Paul.

Click here for a list of contacts for the County GOPs.

 

For Presidential elections, Wyoming holds county conventions to elect Delegates to the Republican National Convention. In the county convention, only about 1,250 are entitled to vote for Delegates. Of those 1,250, only 250 are elected by Republican voters statewide. The other 1,000 entitled to vote are Precinct Committeemen (PC). This means that the entire state of Wyoming has a 20% influence on the election while a select 1,000 people hold 80% influence! Please continue reading to find out how to become part of the select 1,000 who holds significant influence in the state.

Wyoming’s Caucus System

In 2012, 11 counties will select delegates and the other 11 counties will select alternate delegates (Laramie County will select both) through the caucus system below:

1. At precinct caucuses, registered Republicans elect county convention delegates.
2. At county conventions, delegates elect national convention delegates.

How to become a delegate
In WY, if you become a Precinct Committeeman or Precinct Committeewoman (“PC”), you are an automatic delegate at the county convention. In other words, by becoming a PC, you skip #1 in the process above.

This might not sound like a big deal, but the fact is you can become a PC today if your precinct has a vacancy, which makes it important that we fill PC vacancies as soon as possible with Ron Paul supporters to guarantee delegates at the county conventions, who ultimately vote for national convention delegates.

The best part is if there is a vacant PC position available, all you need to do is request the position from your County Republican Party, fill out a form, and the position is yours. It really is that simple and it costs you nothing.

For each precinct, there is at least 1 Precinct Committeeman and 1 Precinct Committeewoman. If a precinct has 3 Precinct Committeemen then it must also have 3 Precinct Committeewomen.

How to become a PC
You can become a PC by one of two methods: (1) become elected in a primary (last one was August 2010 and next one will be in 2012); or (2) if there is a vacancy, become appointed by your County Republican Party. The instructions below are for filling vacancies since elections have already occurred.

1. Make sure you are registered to vote as a Republican at the address you reside. If you are unsure if you are registered to vote at your address, you can check with your County Clerk. Contact information for your County Clerk can be found here.

2. Determine your precinct here. Follow the steps until you get to the “Polling Place” tab. Your precinct is located in the top right hand box called “Voting District”.

3. Contact your County Republican Party and request to become a PC if there is a vacancy in your precinct. Contact information for each county can be found here. You can contact the Chairman of your County Republican Party.

4. If there is a vacancy, you will probably receive paperwork to fill out to become a PC.

List of PCs
Please check to see if your county has any vacancies before contacting your County Chairman.

The following counties do not have any vacancies:
Platte
Sublette
Crook

The following counties may have vacancies in the following precincts:
PCM = Precinct Committeeman, PCW = Precinct Committeewoman

Albany
PCM: 12-1, 31-2, 31-3 (2 vacancies), 41-3 (2), 41-4, 51-1, 51-2, 51-3, 51-4, 51-5 (2), 61-1, 61-2 (2)
PCW: 11-1, 31-2 (2), 31-3, 31-3, 41-2, 41-3, 41-4, 51-2, 51-3, 51-4, 61-1, 61-4

Campbell
PCM: 1-17, 4-1, 5-1, 18-1
PCW: 1-17, 3-1, 5-1, 18-1

Carbon
PCM: 2-2, 4-1, 6-1, 7-1, 11-1, 12-1
PCW: 2-2, 4-1, 6-1, 7-1, 11-1, 15-1

Converse
PCM: 9-1, 23-6
PCW: 9-1, 23-6

Goshen
PCM: 10-10, 20-1
PCW: 10-3, 20-1

Laramie
Check here (Excel file):
http://www.laramiecountyrepublicanpa…_Committee.xls
In the file, scroll tab to the left to see the precinct numbers.

Lincoln
Check here:
http://www.lincolncountyrepublicanpa…index.cfm?ID=2

Natrona
Check here:
http://www.natronagop.com/precinct.htm

Park
PCM: 2-1, 10-2, 11-2, 21-1
PCW: 2-1, 3-1, 3-2 (2 vacancies), 9-7, 10-2, 11-2

Sheridan
PCM: 2-2, 2-4, 2-5 (2 vacancies), 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 9-1, 17-1, 17-2, 18-1, 20-2
PCW: 2-5, 3-4, 3-5, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 6-1, 9-1, 11-1, 18-1, 19-1, 20-2

Teton
Check here:
http://tetongop.com/precinctleaders.html

Uinta
Check here:
http://www.uintacounty.com/index.aspx?nid=72

Washakie
PCM: 3-1, 5-1, 5-3
PCW: 3-1, 5-3 (2 vacancies)

Weston
PCM: 4-1
PCW: 3-1, 4-1

I do not have any information for the following counties:
Big Horn
Fremont
Hot Springs
Johnson
Niobrara
Sweetwater

Counties Selecting Delegates
Big Horn
Carbon
Johnson
Laramie
Lincoln
Natrona
Niobrara
Park
Platte
Sublette
Washakie
Weston

Counties Selecting Alternate Delegates
Albany
Campbell
Converse
Crook
Fremont
Goshen
Hot Springs
Laramie
Sheridan
Sweetwater
Teton
Uinta