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The following is a brief summary on the qualifications to be a county chair, the roles and responsibilities of a county chair, and the kinds of support county chairs can expect from the Texas Forward (FWD) Party.

Interim county chairs are vetted by FWD Texas’s State Executive Committee and appointed to serve until county conventions in March 2024. Anyone interested in becoming a county chair should contact [email protected] OR click HERE, enter your information, and tick the "Be a County Chair" box.

Preparing for 2024, FWD Texas must accomplish four things: 1) build a statewide party infrastructure, 2) recruit qualified candidates, 3) conduct nominating conventions, and 4) obtain ballot access under Texas law. County chairs serve a vital role in achieving these goals.

Qualifications

• No prior experience in organized political affairs is required.
• Must be a registered voter of the county.
• Commitment to preside as county chair until county conventions in March 2024.
• Commitment to sustained recruitment of precinct chairs, candidates, activist volunteers, and general supporters.
• Ability to conduct one’s affairs publicly and privately in a professional manner.

Roles and Responsibilities

County chairs should expect to spend approximately four hours per week on FWD party tasks. Additional time will be required for organizing nominating conventions in March 2024.

Ballot Access Assistance

Obtaining ballot access in Texas requires the support of 1% of those who voted in the last gubernatorial election, evidenced by a combination of attendance at precinct conventions and those who sign a ballot-access petition. County chairs will support this effort by:

• Working to maximize attendance of qualified precinct convention attendees to be held in March 2024.
• Assisting with volunteer efforts in their county to conduct the ballot-access petition following 2024 precinct conventions.

Party Building

The Texas FWD Party intends to nominate and promote candidates for public office in 2024. Building party infrastructure, beginning at the precinct and county levels, are critical to this effort. County chairs will support party’s 2024 goals by:

• Recruiting and appointing county leadership positions specified in interim county bylaws supplied by the state party.
• Recruiting, appointing, and training voting precinct chairs.
• Presiding over recurring county party meetings in accordance with county bylaws.
• Organizing and conducting social, recruitment, and outreach events.
• Preparing periodic reports to the Party Organization and Oversight Committee, including a plan to grow the county party.

Candidate Recruitment

The candidate filing period for 2024 is Nov. 11 through Dec. 11, 2023. County chairs will:   

• Identify and recruit FWD-principled candidates, especially for political subdivisions contained within county boundaries.
• Provide information and support for candidates.
• Receive and file county-specific filing documents to appropriate county election officials.
• Submit lists of FWD Party nominees for county-specific political subdivisions.

Conducting Nominating Conventions

County convention activities include: 1) nominating candidates for political subdivisions contained within the county, 2) electing county leadership for the following two years, 3) considering changes to county bylaws, 4) electing delegates to district conventions, and 5) electing delegates to the state convention. Organizing and conducting nominating conventions entail the following for county chairs:

• Providing required public notice of precinct and county conventions time and place.
• Ensuring that all statutory requirements are met in terms of delegate qualifications, documentation, and filing deadlines.
• Coordinating district conventions jointly with chairs from counties with subdivisions that cross county boundaries.

State Party Support

County chairs will have access to NationBuilder, software that the FWD Party uses to organize volunteers. NationBuilder includes contact information as well as information about those willing to volunteer their time. The Party Organization and Oversight Committee will provide continuing on-going support for the state’s county chairs, including a county chair handbook.

Local organizers and volunteers are the face of the Texas Forward Party. By far the most effective way to persuade our friends and neighbors to support the Forward Party is through face-to-face or phone conversations.

Qualifications

• No prior experience in organized political affairs is required.
• Good communication skills. 
• Able to conduct one’s affairs publicly and privately in a professional manner.

Roles and Responsibilities

The amount of time a local organizer will spend on Forward Party activities may vary widely from week to week depending on where we are in the election cycle and your own desires and constraints. A local organizer will be expected to:   

• Connect with anywhere between 10 and 50 voters in their neighborhood to communicate the objectives and priorities of the Forward Party
• Encourage voter registration (It would be great if you are or become a Deputy Voter Registrar in your county!) 
• Organize local party activities such as canvassing, phone banking, block walking, postcard writing, tabling at local events, etc.
• Assist in gathering signatures for the 2024 ballot access petitions
• Know and communicate key dates on the Texas Election Calendar such as 
  • Precinct, county, and state convention dates
  • 2024 ballot access petition drive dates
  • Absentee/mail-in ballot request dates and processes
  • Early voting, mail-in voting, and election day dates 
• Participate in precinct meetings and their precinct convention, if applicable
• Assist in get-out-the-vote efforts in your neighborhood

If you'd like to help us get organized in your neighborhood, contact Alex Contreras at [email protected] OR click HERE, enter your information, and tick the "I'll be a local organizer" box, then hit the "Save Volunteer Information" button and we'll get back to you!

The following is a brief summary on the qualifications to be a precinct chair, the roles and responsibilities of a precinct chair, and the kinds of support precinct chairs can expect from the Texas Forward (FWD) Party.

Interim precinct chairs are vetted by FWD county leadership and appointed to serve until precinct conventions in March 2024. Anyone interested in becoming a precinct chair should contact either your county chair or Alex Contreras at [email protected]

Or click HERE, enter your information and tick the "Be a Precinct Chair" box.

Preparing for 2024, FWD Texas must accomplish four things: 1) build a statewide party infrastructure, 2) recruit qualified candidates, 3) conduct nominating conventions, and 4) obtain ballot access under Texas law. Precinct chairs serve a vital role in achieving these goals.

Qualifications

• No prior experience in organized political affairs is required.
• Must be a registered voter of the precinct. 
• Commitment to preside as precinct chair until precinct conventions in March 2024.
• Ability to conduct one’s affairs publicly and privately in a professional manner.

Roles and Responsibilities

Precinct chairs should expect to spend approximately two hours per week on FWD party tasks. Additional time will be required for organizing precinct conventions in March 2024.

Party Building

The Texas FWD Party intends to nominate and promote candidates for public office in 2024. Building party infrastructure, beginning at the precinct level, is critical to this effort. Precinct chairs will support the party’s 2024 goals by:

• Host a monthly precinct meeting
• Participating in recurring county party meetings.
• Organizing and conducting social, recruitment, and outreach events.

Candidate Recruitment

The candidate filing period for 2024 is Nov. 11 through Dec. 11, 2023. Precinct chairs will aid county chairs in identifying and recruiting FWD-principled candidates, especially for political subdivisions contained within county boundaries.

Conducting Nominating Conventions

Organizing and conducting precinct conventions in March 2024 entail the following for precinct chairs:

• In coordination with the County Chair, arrange for a suitable precinct convention location, likely a public venue such as a library, restaurant, homeowners' association center, etc. 
• Ensuring that all statutory requirements are met in terms of delegate qualifications and documentation.
• Reporting the list of delegates elected to attend the county convention.

Ballot Access Assistance

Obtaining ballot access in Texas requires the support of 1% of those who voted in the last gubernatorial election, evidenced by a combination of attendance at precinct conventions and those who sign a ballot-access petition. Precinct chairs will support this effort by:

• Working to maximize attendance of qualified precinct convention attendees.
• Assisting with volunteer efforts in their precinct to conduct the ballot-access petition.

State Party Support

The Party Organization and Oversight Committee will provide continuing ongoing support for the state’s precinct chairs, including a precinct chair handbook.