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Friday, March 28, 2008
Texas Democratic county conventions still on despite misinformation, says state party chief
All 260 or so county and senatorial district Democratic Party conventions are still scheduled to take place this weekend despite e-mails and “robo-calls” claiming to be from the party that suggest that they have been canceled, according to a Friday news release.
The Texas Democratic Party became aware of the misinformation Friday and is currently not aware of any conventions that have been cancelled, said state party chairman Boyd Ritchie in the news release.
“If any delegates receive information to that effect, I urge them to plan to attend their convention as scheduled unless they receive information about a postponement or cancellation from their local Democratic County Chair or the official Texas Democratic Party website,” he said in a prepared statement.
Ritchie said that “all eyes are once again on Texas” as the conventions are set to take place and people wait to see what the outcome of the delegate count will be.
Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are trying to rack up all the delegates they can to make their case why they should be picked as the party’s nominee for president. Neither candidate is expected to obtain the 2,024 delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the national convention in August.
“I am confident that the vast majority of Democrats will conduct our convention business in the fairest, most professional, and most impartial manner possible, as we work to convert the enthusiasm driving the convention process into Democratic victories from the County Courthouse to the State House to the White House,” Ritchie said.
