Handy caucus stuff!

Hey, y’all, this is very late as the cau­cuses are about to get under way in about an hour, but here are a few handy things to read and/or bring with you (this is some­what biased toward DFL caucus-goers):

Get famil­iar with the can­di­dates (Demo­c­ra­tic, Repub­li­can, and Inde­pen­dent) by check­ing out the Min­neapo­lis Star Tribune’s awe­some and inclu­sive can­di­dates’ pro­files.

The agenda for tonight‡. If you stay for the cau­cus meet­ing, you will (most likely) approve and fol­low this to-do list. A few things on it:

• Elect­ing precinct chair and asso­ciate chairs
• Elect­ing del­e­gates to the Sen­ate Dis­trict or County Unit con­ven­tion in a month or two
• Guber­na­to­r­ial straw poll!
• Res­o­lu­tions for the party plat­form — see link below for form

‡The file includes a res­o­lu­tion form filled out that sup­ports single-payer health care.

Par­lia­men­tary Pro­ce­dure Pocket Ref­er­ence (via UC Berke­ley). For all you nerds who want to say “I rise to a point of par­lia­men­tary inquiry”!

Min­nesota Sec­re­tary of State’s precinct cau­cus brochure.

DFL precinct cau­cus guide.

DFL Offi­cial Call — long expla­na­tion of rules and pro­ce­dures — and DFL 2008 – 2010 Party Plat­form — things they sup­port or oppose.

DFL res­o­lu­tion form.