Sunday, November 8, 2015

It all begins with the Committee People....

A political organization is like an army. To win you need a united front of foot soldiers that are called Committee-people. These volunteers are the backbone and the most powerful people in an organization. Without them there would be no elected officials.
This position has to be taken seriously and worked with passion. A committee person is an should be the King &/or Queen of their district. In most cases they are the people who candidates will rely on because the know the people who vote and the people to see in their district.
I am proud to be an elected Supervisor but I am also proud to be an elected committeeman in my district. As a committeeman I get to help others get elected and have met State Reps, State Senators, Congresspeople etc. Why? Because they need a committee person knowledge of the territory to win.
Some people want to bypass this elected position and go to the top. They always realize eventually that without the committee person's help it is an uphill battle.
So if you want to get involved and want to be respected in your organization, start where the power really is. Become that all important committee person - the candidates need you.
Pass it on!!!!

1 comment:

Paul_Roden said...

Phil, I couldn't agree more with what you said. As an elected Committeeperson in the South 7th Precinct of Lower Makefield Township or LMT. I know how important our role is in getting out the vote on Election Day. In 2010 our State Representative Steve Santarsiero,won by 153 votes, 90 votes of that total were from my Precinct, helped put him over the top. Every vote counts. Democrats out number the number of registered Republicans in Bucks County. There is no reason why Santarsiero can't win the nomination and the election, if every registered Democrat shows up or votes absentee for him. I love being a Committeperson, we need more people to fulfill this role. In the South 4th Precinct in LMT, for example, we have never had an elected Democratic Committeeperson their in the history of LMT. And despite that and other vacancies of Democratic elected Committeepeople, he won every single Precinct in LMT in 2014,even with Romney winning many of the Precincts, Santarsiero carried them all. No Democratic candidate other than Becky Cecchini, our Tax Collector, has ever done that in LMT. We need to teach about this position in the schools. It should be a part of all high school social studies curriculum along with the role of Poll Watcher, Judge of Elections, Election Technician, Majority and Minority Inspector, Constable and the rules of how to get on the election ballot, absentee ballots, provisional balloting and how the vote is counted and verified.