An inside look at central committees of kern county

An inside look at central committees of kern county

THEY MATTER TO YOU.LEZLA...THE INDIVIDUALS UNDER THECENTRAL COMMITTEES WHOARE APPEARING ON THE BALLOT THATYOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN COULDPLAY A HUGE ROLE IN THECANDIDATES THAT YOU VOTE ON INTHE FUTURE.THEY ARE VOLUNTEERELECTED OFFICIALS WHOOFFER SUPPORT, RAISE FUNDS, ANDSEEK OUT CANDIDATES INTHE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR PARTIES.AND FOR THE FIRSTTIME IN OVER A DECAUDEDEMOCRATIC CENTRALCOMMITTEE IS APPEARING ON THEPRIMARY BALLOT.ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE KERNCOUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEES?NOT REALLY..AMANDA AND SHERRIE NETTLES OFKERN COUNTY SAY THEY HAVEMADE IT THEIR PURPOSE TO CASTTHEIR BALLOTS DESPITERECEIVING THEM LATE IN THEMAIL-AND SHARE THAT THEY WERENOT FAMILIAR WITH A SECTION ONTHEIR BALLOTS CALLED THE KERNCOUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEES.WHAT WE DID WAS IN THAT SECTIONWELOOKED UP EVERYONE NAME WHATTHEY WERE ABOUT AND WHAT THEYDID IN THECOMMUNITY AND WE VOTED BASED ONTHAT.

THE KERN COUNTY CENTRALCOMMITTEES ARE MADE UP OF BOTHREPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATICPARTIES.

THE TWO COMMITTEES AREMADE UP OF VARIOUS SEATS IN THEFIVE SUPERVISORDISTRICTS.

THE REPUBLICANCENTRAL COMMITTEE HAS ATOTAL OF 22 CENTRAL COMMITTEESLOTS AND THEDEMOCRATS HAVE 21 SEATS FOR ITSCOMMITTEE.THIS COMMITTEE PERFORMS MANYIMPORTANT FUNCTIONS TOREPUBLICAN VICTORY IN KERNCOUNTY ONEWE MAKE OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTSFOR THE KERN COUNTY REPUBLICANPARTYAND WE RAISE MONEY TO SUPPORTCANDIDATES IN KERN COUNTY ANDLASTLYWE HELP DO THE WORK.THE TWO COMMITTEES ARE SOLELYVOLUNTEER AND UNPAID ELECTEDPOSITIONS AND ARE VOTED ON BYTHE PEOPLE OF KERN COUNTY INEACH PRIMARY ELECTION-THE SEATSTERM AREFOR FOUR YEARS.SO THE COMMITTEE GOVERNS THEKERNCOUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY IT IS AMECHANISM THAT ALLOWS THE PARTYTORECRUIT CANDIDATES FOR LOCALOFFICE AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THOSECANDIDATES AND ULTIMATELYCONTRIBUTE TO THE SATE PARTY.FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CENTRALCOMMITTEE THISIS THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARSTHE COMMITTEES RACE WILL APPEARON A PRIMARY BALLOT FOR THEPUBLIC.

IN THE PAST THEPUBLIC VOTED ON THE COMMITTEESEATS IN A CAUCUS STYLEWHERE VOTERS HAD TO CAST THEIRBALLOTS IN AT THEDEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS.THESE COMITIES ARE REQUIRED BYTHECALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE THATTHESE COMMITTEES EXISTS AND ITIS APOLITICAL ACTION AND POLITICALPARTY COMMITTEE ENABLED BY THESTATE.ACCORDING TO THE ELECTIONSOFFICE DEPENDING ONWHAT PARTY YOU ARE REGISTEREDUNDER DETERMINESWHICH CENTRAL COMMITTEE WILLAPPEAR ON YOUR BALLOT.

AND IFYOU ARE REGISTERED AS ANINDEPENDENT NEITHERDEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICANCOMMITTEES WILL APPEAR.THE REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEESAYS THAT OUT OF THEIR FIVEDISTRICTS ONLY DISTRICT THREE ISBEINGCONTESTED.TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEREPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATICCENTRAL COMMITTEES HEAD TO THEKERN COUNTYREPUBLICAN FACEBOOK PAGE AND FORTHE DEMOCRATS HEADTO KERN COUNTY DEMOCRATS DOTCOM.

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