information from 34th Dist. Democrats

Democrats from across the 34th Legislative District will caucus on Saturday, March 26, in multiple locations. During the caucus Democrats will elect delegates pledged to either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. These delegates will attend conventions and caucuses to be held later in the year at the legislative district, congressional district, King County and Statewide level, where they will elect the 118 delegates to the Democratic Party’s national convention in Philadelphia in July.

The 34th Legislative District includes West Seattle, White Center, North Highline, Vashon Island and the northern part of Burien. In this district, the caucuses will be held at schools. Here is a detailed list of precinct caucus locations in the 34th District:
http://www.34dems.org/sites/34dems/files/Caucus-Locations-2016.pdf

Anyone can attend their caucus, but voting for presidential delegates is limited to registered voters who publicly attest that they are Democrats. People who are currently 17 years old but will be eligible to vote in the Nov. 8 election also can vote in the caucuses. People can find their precinct on the King County website here:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/elections/maps/find-my-distri…

Caucuses start at 10 a.m. The main order of business is choosing delegates and backing a candidate for president. If you have not preregistered, you’ll have to sign in.

Each precinct caucus will be led by the Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) elected or appointed for that precinct. If a precinct does not have a PCO, the caucus itself will elect a leader for the caucus. A first tally of votes for presidential candidates will be made. After that tally is counted and the result announced, caucus participants can give a quick pitch to try to sway undecided voters.

A second tally will then be counted. Those results will determine how many delegates get allotted to each candidate. Then caucusgoers will choose delegates to represent them at the next round of legislative district caucuses and county conventions.

Finally, there will be a discussion of possible resolutions for the state convention in June.

Caucuses are not “winner take all”. If those attending a precinct are divided between supporting Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, the delegates from that precinct will be proportionally divided.

More information is on the 34th District Democrats website at www.34dems.org .

Details of the process in Washington State:
March 26 precinct caucuses elect about 27,000 delegates statewide.
Those are whittled down at legislative district caucuses and county conventions to 1,400 delegates.
The final delegates to the Democratic National Convention are picked at congressional district caucuses and the state convention in May to arrive at the final 118 who go to the national convention this July in Philadelphia.

How Democrats in the 34th District can find and attend their caucus (this information also on the web at http://34dems.org/news-clips/attending-your-precinct-caucus-march-26 ):

Find your precinct - King County has a precinct-finder on the web here,
Find the location where your precinct caucus will be held - here is the list of locations for the 34th District in precinct order and here is a list ordered by location.
Find out the name of your precinct committee officer (PCO) on the King County Democrats' web page here.   You can contact your PCO in advance and volunteer to help.  If there is no PCO, you can asked to be appointed.  Contact Les Treall via emailor phone at 206-948-5423.   If there is no PCO or your PCO does not attend the caucus, you can be elected to run the caucus by the others who do come.   Familiarize yourself with the materials below to prepare.
Come to the caucus at 10:00 AM on Saturday, March 26!