Get Involved in 2010

One of our goals in 2010 is to get tea party members involved in local politics. No matter what your party affiliation, these principles should be upheld.

1. Following the Constitution

2. Fiscal Responsibility

3. Individual Liberties

4. Free markets

By controlling the local party apparatus, tea party members would be in a postion to select candidates and control the agenda.

Roanoke Tea Party Leadership would not be allowed to actively engage with any political party. Our organization needs to maintain objectivity and the ability to confront the political parties if they go astray.

Below are links to the local political organizations. Below that is a list of upcoming events that Tea Party members can attend. More to come at our Feb 4th Business meeting.

Local GOP Groups

Local Democratic Groups:

They all funnel through this one site.

Upcoming Events:

Each group will have mass meetings coming up in the next month or two. Roanoke City is the first. Her is the official announcement.

OFFICIAL CALL

MASS MEETING OF ROANOKE CITY

REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE

As Chairman of the Roanoke City Republican Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia, and pursuant to the Plan of Organization and as recommended and directed by the Committee, I, Adam W. Boitnott, do hereby issue this call for a MASS MEETING to be held at Roanoke City Council Chambers, 215 Church Ave., S.W., City of Roanoke, at 6:00 p.m. on February 17, 2010, for the following purposes:

Electing up to 3 candidates to run for Roanoke City Council, in the May 4, 2010 elections.
The transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

Qualifications for Participation

All legal and qualified voters of Roanoke City under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, regardless of race, religion, national origin or sex, who are in accord with the principles of the Republican Party and who, if requested, express in open meeting, either orally or in writing as may be required, their intent to support all of its nominees for public office in the ensuing election, may participate as members of the Republican Party of Virginia in its mass meetings, party canvasses, conventions or primaries encompassing their respective election districts. All individuals desiring to participate in the Mass Meeting may be required to present some form of identification such as a voting card, drivers’ license or other positive identification.

In addition to the foregoing, to be in accord with the principles of the Republican Party, unless otherwise stipulated by the appropriate Official Committee, a person otherwise qualified hereunder shall not have participated in Virginia in the nomination process of a party other than the Republican Party after March 1, 2006, or in the last five years, whichever is more recent.

A single exception to this shall be approved for a voter that renounces affiliation with any other party in writing, and who expresses in writing that he/she is in accord with the principles of the Republican Party and intends, at the time of the writing, to support the nominees of the Republican Party in the future. Any voter that utilizes the foregoing exception, and thereafter participates in the nomination process of a party other than the Republican Party, shall not have the benefit of the exception thereafter.

Candidate Pre-Filing Requirements

Candidate Filing Requirements: Candidates for election shall file a written statement by mail, e-mail, or in person, to Adam W. Boitnott, 3929 Three Chop Lane, Roanoke, Virginia 24014, which must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. February 11, 2010. For more information, contact Adam W. Boitnott at 540-797-5010 or aboitnott@cox.net.

Mass Meeting Registration

Registration for the Mass Meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m. and end at 6:00 p.m. All persons in line by 6:00 p.m. will be allowed to register for the Mass Meeting.

Registration Fee

There will be no registration fee.

Paid for and authorized by the Roanoke City Republican Committee, Adam W. Boitnott, Chairman.