At the May meeting of the Stafford County Republican Committee we will be deciding the method of nomination for each of the positions up for election this year.

For any position that has an incumbent that is seeking re-election the incumbent may select the method of nomination for that position to be primary if the incumbent was nominated by primary in the previous election. For all other positions the committee will determine the method of nomination that will be used this year. The selection will be made by a majority vote of the committee membership.

The methods that are available for nomination are: Mass Meeting, Party Canvass, Convention, or Primary.

A Mass Meeting and Convention would work fairly much the same way in that they would be held on a pre-determined day and location. All participants would gather and be verified to meet the requirements of a voting member of the Mass Meeting or Convention. Each candidate for nomination would be given opportunities to speak and a vote would be held in accordance to the rules of the Mass Meeting or Convention.

A Party Canvass would typically be done by way of a “Firehouse Primary” in which the Committee would arrange voting locations and would enable people to vote for a given period of time at the announced voting locations.

A Primary would be run by the State Board of Elections and would operate as a regular election at the county’s normal voting locations and polls would be open from 6 A.M. to 7 P.M. August 23, 2011.

The positions up for election this year are:

• County Sheriff
• Commissioner of Revenue
• Treasurer
• Commonwealth’s Attorney
• Board of Supervisors – Rockhill District
• Board of Supervisors – George Washington District
• Board of Supervisors – Griffis-Widewater District

The state House of Delegates and State Senate seats will have their methods of nomination determined by a Legislative District Committee for their district.

There are seats on the School Board up for election this year as well.  However members of the school board do not run with party affiliation and therefore there is no nomination process for School Board elections.