Duties and Responsibilities of Republican Precinct Committeepersons

Duties and Responsibilities of Republican
Precinct Committeepersons

President Bush has worked hard to earn the trust of Oregonians and to bring his message of positive, American ideals to our state. He is counting on us to continue to spread his message across the state of Oregon and to win Oregon in 2004.

Precinct committeemen and committeewomen are the grassroots representatives of the Republican Party in Oregon. Precinct Committee Persons (PCPs) "put a face" on the party in their neighborhoods and communities, attend regular meetings of their county Republican central committee helping to set the party agenda in the county and help to spread the Republican message at the local level.

As a PCP you have a voice in selecting Republican Party leadership in your county, the state and nationally - you may even seek a leadership position yourself. County leaders help select the state party leaders who in turn participate on the Republican National Committee and elect the national party leaders.

PCPs are often called on by Republican candidates to help with grassroots campaigning. You may be asked to "walk" your precinct with a candidate, introducing the candidate to friends and neighbors. Or, you may be asked to distribute campaign materials. You will become the Republican Party in your community.

As you work to spread the Republican message and elect Republicans to office, please keep in mind the following accomplishments of Republicans who have consistently fought for the rights of every citizen.

1872 "The first official recognition of women in a major party platform..."
1884 Promotes the eight-hour workday
1916 The first major party to endorse the right of women to vote.
1940 Platform includes a call to racially integrate the armed forces.
1953 President Eisenhower appoints the first women, as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and US Ambassador to Italy, a major power. They are Oveta C Hobby and Clare B. Luce, respectively.
1954 Supreme Court declares segregation illegal. Eisenhower integrates Washington DC schools.
1964 Civil Rights Act basically suspends the use of literacy tests and other devices aimed to keep blacks from voting.
It passes the House with 85% of Republicans voting yes.
1981 Reagan tax cut of 25%.
1994 Representatives Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey's "Contract with America" bold plan that led to a balanced budget and welfare reform.

This fall, Oregon Republicans will work to retain and extend our majorities in both chambers of the Oregon Legislature, send new Republican representatives to the United States Congress, reelect Senator Gordon Smith, elect a Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction and elect a Republican Governor. PCPs will have key roles in bringing about these victories.

While Republican precinct persons are encouraged to support the candidates of their choice in the primary election, it is expected that PCPs as representatives of the party during the general election will support all Republican candidates receiving the party's nomination.

If you would like more information about the Oregon Republican Party, or would like to be more involved with the GOP in Oregon, please call our state party headquarters at (503) 587-9233. You may send e-mail to info@orgop.org or visit our website at www.orgop.org

Perry Atkinson
Chairman, Oregon Republican Party
PO Box 789, Salem, OR 97308

Remember...

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You cannot build character and courage by doing for them what they could and
should do for themselves.
Abraham Lincoln

Special thanks to Carl Daugherty, Chairman of Douglas County Republicans for the research quoted here

(This information furnished by Oregon Republican Party.)

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