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Time to
Reorganize!
IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT
REORGANIZING THE PARTY!
Every two years all county parties must "reorganize" for the following two year term. Reorganization basically means electing a new Chairperson and four other new officers. At the January meeting the executive committee voted to hold our reorganization to elect new officers on Thursday March 27th at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held at our regular meeting location, 635 Hillcrest Street in Clinton (Clinton Church of God fellowship hall). As required by the State GOP a Contest and Credentials Committee has been appointed which will handle registration and other details of the meeting. Please attend. It would be great to have a BIG turnout!
Qualifications to participate:
Any Republican wishing to participate must meet these qualifications:
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Must be properly registered to vote in Anderson County Tennessee
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Must have voted as a Republican three out of the last four Republican primary elections. Those dates are August 2020, August 2022, March 2024, and August 2024
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Only those who qualify to participate will be allowed to be present on the floor during the Reorganization meeting.
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Any Republican who is too young to have voted in three of those last four elections must have approval of the State Republican party. The Contest and Credentials Committee will assist in acquiring that approval.
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If a person's qualifications are determined to be insufficient then the Contest and Credentials Committee should have your pre-registration no later than March 20 so there is time to meet additional requirements on the committee and pre-registrant. Please register early.
To register you may use any of these methods:
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email the Contest and Credentials Committee at acgopcc@proton.me, or
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reply to this email with your name. address, phone number, and email address, or
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text or call Myra, the county chairman at 865-712-8027
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use this QR code to register online
NEW OFFICER ELECTIONS
Anyone who would like to run for the position of Chairman must submit your name, address, phone number, and email address with a statement notifying the Contest and Credentials Committee of their desire to be placed on the list of chairman candidates. This MUST BE DONE no later than March 20th, seven days prior to the reorganization. Other officers may be nominated from the floor at the reorganization. Those other officer positions are Vice Chair (must be opposite sex from chair), Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice Treasurer. The county executive committee consists of five other positions which are not elected at this meeting.
CONTEST AND CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
This committee will be responsible for registering Republicans who wish to participate in the Reorganization meeting. The committee's meetings will be open to the public as they fulfill the duties of the committee leading up to the Reorganization. Committee members are Anthony Allen, Richard Burroughs, Dale Crank, Matthew Pazdorko, and Steve Poppick. Their first meeting will be held this Thursday, February 6th at 7:00 pm in the back meeting room at Shoney's in Oak Ridge, 204 S. Illinois Avenue. At this meeting the committee will choose a chairman and will set a meeting schedule for the next six weeks.
If you have any questions not answered here feel free to reach out. We are here to serve the great Republicans of Anderson County, Tennessee!
Respectfully,
Anderson County Republican Party Executive Committee
Myra Mansfield, chair
Tim Isbel, vice chair
Debbie Heaton, secretary
Rickey Rose, treasurer
Keith Copeland, vice treasurer
Anthony Allen, chair emeritus
Terry Frank, state executive committeewoman
Tim Hutchison, state executive committeeman
Lucas Heaton, county Young Republicans chair
Amy Poteet, county FRW

FIGHT ILLEGAL DEMOCRAT ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY SIGNING THIS PETITION
Petition to our faithful Republican State Executive Primary Board:
With the understanding that the State of Tennessee does not require voters to officially register by party, we appeal to the State Executive Committee serving as State Primary Board to review the evidence regarding election results of the District 33 House of Representatives race, and under the laws of Tennessee, determine that the results be declared irreparably uncertain, and the decision be returned to the local executive committee. It is certainly clear that our goal, our very business as a party, is to recruit more members, more believers, and advocates for all the values and policies that clearly make our party the most effective political governance in terms of equality, liberty, prosperity, and freedom. As such, we welcome people to vote Republican. But what is not encouraged, nor fair or just, is for people to use our welcoming, open encouragement of new believers, new voters and new converts, against us to enter our primaries and negate the votes of bona fide Republicans. Our kindness, and openness as a party should not be mistaken for surrender to intentional crossover that in effect, makes a mockery of our long-serving Republican voters, activists, candidates, and elected officials. Numerous references in both state law and our party by-laws note that primaries are for members. These provisions pointing to an election of our party nominee by our party membership, are supported by T.C.A. § 2-17-104 that was passed in 1972. Drawing excerpts from the October 14, 2008 Memorandum Kurita v. State Primary Board of Tennessee Democratic Party, The Tennessee General Assembly adopted Tenn. Code Ann. § 2-17-104 in 1972. The ‘legislative intent was that intra-party squabbles over the nominating procedures are to be considered a political matter which are to be resolved by the party itself without judicial intervention. Taylor v. State Democrat Exec. Comm., 574S.W.2d 716, 717-718 (Tenn. 1978). The statute designates the executive committees of the state political parties as ‘state primary boards’ to hear primary election contests. In a primary election contest the statute allows the political party, not the legislature or any other governmental body, to determine which candidate the party deems best suited to represent the party in the general election for a specific public office. This is not only a principle based on common sense that a party chooses its nominees, but it is supported by law, and by precedence. Over the years, like many states across the south and nation, our Republican Party has welcomed those who have awakened to see that the democrat party has left them. We have seen our ranks swell, and we have rejoiced. But such is not the case in the District 33 race, where democrats have openly flaunted their strategy to effect the outcome of a primary intended for party members, and sincere newcomers to the Republican fold. Further evidence is forthcoming that will pull back the curtain on exactly who did vote in the August 1, 2024 primary. We hope you will see that we, the undersigned, are prepared to take the necessary stand on behalf of all other candidates and officials to send word to democrat activists that this strategy will no longer work. Our nominees for office should not have to run two races against democrats, or independents, that is, our candidates should not have to run one race fending off democrats and independents entering our primary, and one race facing the democrat, or independent in the general election. Still today, we welcome all newcomers, all converts, and like-minded voters. But our open door, our big tent, is not open for treachery or interference as our party puts forward nominees to oppose the policies and ideas of democrat candidates. We, the undersigned know your decision is a tough one, but a willingness to signal to democrat interveners that we will defend our primary process, just as they have defended theirs, will have ripple effects across the state and even to America sending a strong message that in the absence of legislation requiring party registration, the party is prepared to protect the principles of the very intent of a primary: that is, a primary is an election for members to put forward their nominee.
Sincerely,