Primary and Convention Dates

TO: GOP Leadership
RE: Important Dates re: Primary and Conventions

Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that the January 15th primary shall move forward, here are some important dates:   

DECEMBER 17, 2007 - Last day to register to vote for Presidential Primary
First time voters, or those that have moved since the previous election and not yet changed their state registration need to do so before December 17th in order to be eligible to vote in the Presidential Primary. www.mi.gov/sos for more information.

JANUARY 3, 2008 - Notification of County Convention Mailed
Thursday, January 3rd - "Call to County Convention" mailed to all precinct delegates.  A copy of the Call to County Conventions MUST ALSO be sent to the State Party.  If a copy of the call is not received by the State Party, the State Chair shall call the convention. Sample materials / info packet will be sent to County Chairs in early December.

JANUARY 15, 2008 - Presidential Primary    
Tuesday, January 15th - this will be a state-run primary with the Democrats. Voters will be asked to pick either a Republican ballot of a Democrat Ballot at their normal polling locations throughout the state.  www.mi.gov/sos for more information.

FEBRUARY 7, 2008 - County Conventions
Thursday, February 7th - 7:30pm.  All county parties are required to hold County Conventions at this date & time. Location determined by county committee. All precinct delegates shall be notified in writing of the convention date, location and time.  "Call to the Convention" mailed by January 3rd.

IMPORTANT***Because of the very short amount of time between the county and state conventions, all materials regarding the state convention (location, parking, lodging, etc) will be mailed to the County Chairs prior to February 1st, for distribution to elected delegates AT THE COUNTY CONVENTIONS. Informational packets will not be mailed directly to convention delegates. 

FEBRUARY 15 & 16, 2008 - State Convention & State Committee Meeting
Friday, February 15th &  Saturday, February 16th - Lansing Center / Lansing Radisson Hotel, Lansing. State Convention will be held for the purposes of electing National Committee delegates, National Committeeman, and National Committeewoman.  District Caucuses will be held Friday night at the Lansing Radisson Hotel and the Lansing Center.  Convention floor proceedings held Saturday AM at the Lansing Center.  More details to be distributed at County Conventions.


Thank you all for your patience as we navigated our way through three years of planning and a few court battles to get to this point! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact DAWN WADE, Events Coordinator (dwade@migop.org or 517-487-5413).