Campaign Theme/Vision for Precinct 682

As many of you are aware I am running for Republican Precinct Chair 682. In my previous post I have expressed to you that communication is a key tool for a Precinct Chair to be successful. This is so true, therefore while on vacation to Orlando, FL I realized even more that the voter needs to be represented properly at the grassroots level. As Ed Hubbard expressed in his last blog post the Precinct Chair is the root of the grass and without the root the grass cannot grow. At Disney the workers and behind the scene people are the same grassroots level I am referring to. The behind the scene people make the characters and shows come to life. Therefore, at the precinct level the voter is the root or behind the scene person, and we need the voter to make the Precinct Chair come to life, and the County Party needs the Precinct Chair to make the party come to life, and the State Party needs the County Party to make it come to life, and so on. As a result I have come up with a theme/vision for Precinct 682.

If I am elected I will be The VOICE of the voter, and The VOICE will express all ideas, issues, etc to the County Party and State Party. The VOICE will inform the voter of issues, ideas, etc., from the Party. So you might be wondering why is VOICE in all caps, well it is because The VOICE stands for something, and its meaning is as follows:

• Voter - I will be the Voice of the Voter thru various resources, as the voter is the root of our grassroots movement. As the Voice I will also work to re-connect the voter with the party.


• Oppose - I oppose any kind of tax, and spending that affects our pocket book. As Reagan said "Individual liberty depends upon keeping government under control." Taxes and Government spending threatens our liberty.


• Inform - I pledge that for Precinct 682 to be the best precinct in Harris County the voters need to be informed, and I will put in place the proper systems to inform the voter of Precinct 682.


• Communicate - The best way to inform the voter is by communicating to them the happening of the party and connecting them to the party and Republican candidates. Communication will come in many different forms, and will also help in recruiting volunteers for our grassroots movement.


• Educate - We need to do a better job of educating our voters as to who the "true conservatives" are, and elect the "true conservatives" versus people paying lip service to the voter. We also need to educate the voter on issues and happenings within the party, and raise awareness as to how they can become involved.

As you can see my theme/vision for Precinct 682 is strongly focused on the root of the precinct and party, The Voter. The voter are the people who need to be engaged. If we engage the voter to become active, then we will bring the Republican Party to life again.

Please join me in re-connecting the voter to bring the party back to life so we can protect our liberty from an un-controlled government. Please elect me as Republican Precinct Chair 682.

Eric A. Dumatrait

Building a Voter Coalition

Building a voter coalition between the Republican Party and the voter can be a very simplistic process, however it seems that the party including precinct chairs have failed to turn out the vote for Republican candidates. So you might ask how do we turn out the vote in every precinct for our candidates. As of this writing I am remembering that I have lived in this area since 1989, and I have never heard from a precinct chair in any of the precincts I have lived. One of the main goals and responsibilities of the precinct chair is to get the word out about the party and candidates thru periodical reports. After reading a speech given by Edwin Meese III of the Heritage Foundation about "How to Rebuild the Reagan Coalition", I realized that this is the exact reason we do not have a voter turnout above 30% in non-presidential elections. One of the main pillars of rebuilding the coalition is Communication of a vision. Meese states " ...the ability to take a vision and then communicate that vision to the American people in terms that they understand so that people can see how it affects them and their families personally." He then goes on to say that "Too often conservatives think in terms of policies, and too often our liberal friends on the other side talk in terms of people." This is exactly how why I think that we are missing the voter and not connecting them to build a coalition with them. We lack communication with the voters.


How do we re-build this coalition with the voters?


1. We must upgrade our communication process and include a hybrid of technology, and old fashion communication such as phone calling, canvassing, etc. The technological communications today should include Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Rebuild the Party, and many other blogs, wiki's, etc. One of the most effective communication tools that can be used in written form is the mailing of a Precinct Newsletter. Newsletters are a great way to express many different ideas and could be a forum to communicate the required periodic reports that a precinct chair must perform as one of the responsibilities.

2. We must recruit a strong precinct team to effectively canvass the precinct with proper communications about the candidates, including local and school board elections. According to the Harris County Republican Party Precinct Chairman's Handbook "the #1 reason people don't volunteer is because no one ever asked them." The handbook also refers to the fact that "you will be surprised at the number of people who want to help, but they just don't know how to get started." The reason they do not know how to get involved is because the current precinct chairs are not communicating with their voters. As I have stated in previous blog postings people will volunteer to work the precinct, but they need to be informed and aware of the opportunities in which they can be involved.

As you can see the two above objectives will provide adequate communication to the voter and provide a personal touch in which will give the voter information as to how issues within the party and precinct will affect them in their life just the same as Meese suggests. If we achieve the two above objectives as it relates to communication a new coalition between the voter and party will emerge and we will see a new crop of Republican candidates emerge to public service.

Please join me in this effort and support me for Precinct Chair 682 in the upcoming March 2, 2010 election. With the voters help we will make Precinct 682 the best in Harris County.

Thanks

Eric A. Dumatrait